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There has never been a more urgent need to preserve fundamental privacy protections and our system of checks and balances than the need we face today, as illegal government spying, provisions of the Patriot Act and government-sponsored torture programs transcend the bounds of law and our most treasured values in the name of national security.


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Wellfleet, MA Community Resolution (5/15/2003)

Annual Town Meeting 4/28/03

Article 47.  To see if the town will vote to reaffirm its commitment to protect and preserve Constitutional and civil rights-including those (relating to freedom of speech, religion, assembly, and privacy; rights to counsel and due process in judicial proceedings and protection from unreasonable searches and seizures) which may be violated or threatened by various acts and orders enacted at the Federal level including Executive Orders and provisions of the USA Patriot Act.  To that end we request that the town, while opposing terrorism on all levels, support a policy of unbiased policing and vigilant protection of civil and Constitutional rights

Board of Selectmen recommends 5-0

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