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Overview of Changes to Legal Rights
By The Associated Press

September 5, 2002, 11:44 AM EDT

Some of the fundamental changes to Americans' legal
rights by the Bush administration and the USA Patriot
Act following the terror attacks:

* FREEDOM OF ASSOCIATION: Government may monitor
religious and political institutions without
suspecting criminal activity to assist terror
investigation.

* FREEDOM OF INFORMATION: Government has closed
once-public immigration hearings, has secretly
detained hundreds of people without charges, and
has encouraged bureaucrats to resist public records
requests.

* FREEDOM OF SPEECH: Government may prosecute
librarians or keepers of any other records if
they tell anyone that the government subpoenaed
information related to a terror investigation.

* RIGHT TO LEGAL REPRESENTATION: Government may
monitor federal prison jailhouse conversations
between attorneys and clients, and deny lawyers
to Americans accused of crimes.

* FREEDOM FROM UNREASONABLE SEARCHES: Government
may search and seize Americans' papers and effects
without probable cause to assist terror
investigation.

* RIGHT TO A SPEEDY AND PUBLIC TRIAL: Government
may jail Americans indefinitely without a trial.

* RIGHT TO LIBERTY: Americans may be jailed without
being charged or being able to confront witnesses
against them.

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