Aedpa

The blacklisting of "terrorists" began with the Anti-Terrorism and effective Death Penalty act (AEDPA) of 1996, the american legislation that was introduced in the wake of the First WTC Bombingof 1993, and finally passed in the wake of the Okc Bombing of 1995.

The center For national security Studies has done an

Analysis of Clinton Administration Counter-Terrorism Proposal:

   1. authorize the Justice Department to pick and choose crimes to investigate and prosecute based on         political beliefs and associations;

   2. repeal the ancient provision barring the U.S. military from civilian law enforcement;

   3. expand a pre-trial detention scheme that puts the burden of proof on the accused;

   4. loosen the carefully-crafted rules governing federal wiretaps, in violation of the Fourth Amendment;

   5. establish special courts that would use secret evidence to order the deportation of persons convicted     of no crimes, in violation of basic principles of due process;

   6. permit permanent detention by the Attorney General of aliens convicted of no crimes, with no             judicial review;

   7. give the President unreviewable power to criminalize fund-raising for lawful activities associated with     unpopular causes;

   8. renege on the Administration's approval in the last Congress of a provision to insure that the FBI         would not investigate based on First Amendment activities; and

   9. resurrect the discredited ideological visa denial provisions of the Mc Carran Walter Act to bar             foreign speakers.

Once again, the impatience of those charged with upholding the Constitution has led them to seek authority to circumvent it.

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