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The new laws passed by Congress in the name of fighting terrorism pose a greater danger to the civil liberties of American citizens than to the operations of terrorists. Powers once assumed are never relinquished, just as bureaucracies, once created, never die.

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Charley Reese
Age: 76 †
Born: 1937
Born: January 29
Died: 2013
Died: May 21
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