Patriot Acts

November 24, 2004 | This article appeared in the December 13, 2004 edition of The Nation.

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In September 1950, four months into the Korean War, Congress passed the draconian Internal Security Act (ISA), known as the McCarran Act, after its sponsor, the Nevada Democratic Senator Pat McCa

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