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Friday, November 20, 2015

Francois Hollande's Patriot Act

http://contrarianprogressive.blogspot.fr/

Francois Hollande's Patriot Act

I am sure you remember the Patriot Act which was passed after 9/11.

The acronym (or backronym as Wikipedia puts it) stands for "Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act."

This is what Hollande is preparing for France.
Speaking during a joint session of both houses of parliament, Mr Hollande said the constitution needed to be amended as "we need an appropriate tool we can use without having to resort to the state of emergency". 
If you are wondering what those appropriate tools are, here is a short list:
  • 5,000 extra police posts in the next two years and no new cuts in the defence budget 
  • Making it easier to strip dual nationals of their French citizenship if they are convicted of a terrorist offence, as long as this did not render them stateless
  • Speeding up the deportation of foreigners who pose "a particularly grave threat to the security of the nation"
  • Pushing for greater European action against arms trafficking and greater penalties for it in France
The first and the last items are routine stuff.http://contrarianprogressive.blogspot.fr/

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