Well, how about the fact that the current 'Patiot Act' is being used to pursue and prosecute non-terrorist activities with the support of the Ashcroft Justice Department?

Bush supporters would say, "Well, at least you still have nothing to worry about if you're not a criminal!"

Funny thing is, the way our system is supposed to work, police used to need a warrant from a judge to do a search, as a check check their power, and then there would be a hearing before a judge where the accused would be chaged, as a check on police power, and then there would be a trial before a judge and jury (with the accused presumed innocent!), as a check on police power.

As the Bush administration continues to remove the judicial checks on police power, we all have to worry. Even honest police can make mistakes, and with no one to check their authoroity, non-criminals can be searched and held with no appeal.

That's not right.