According to Baltimore lawyer, activist, and author C. William Michaels, misperceptions abound as to what the PATRIOT Act really contains. In his new book No Greater Threat: America After September 11 and the Rise of a National Security State, Michaels debunks myths about the Act and outlines its serious implications for the United States.
It appears that the executive branch used September 11th to give itself powers it always wanted but never would have been granted otherwise. This power grab is just part of what Michaels sees at the United States' move toward becoming a national security state: a pattern that began over 20 years ago but that took a giant leap forward with the PATRIOT Act and related executive orders.
Lecture given by C. William Michaels, esq, author of "America After September 11 and the Rise of the National Security State" at Quinnipiac University, Hamden, CT, USA, July, 2005.
No greater threat - America after September 11..
