Washington:
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What if the President of the United States had ordered the NSA to data-mine the electronic communications of every single American... BEFORE the attacks of September 11 had even occurred? What if every email, every phone call; every time you surfed the Internet, your private communications were being siphoned into a gigantic dragnet funded by a forty-five billion dollar budget and carried out in cooperation with the FBI, AT&T, and Verizon? Compelling first-hand testimony and whistleblower accounts, punch holes in the official "war on terrorism" excuse that has been used to dismantle the U.S. Bill of Rights and tip the scales of executive checks and balance in this country.
From the mismanagement of Hurricane Katrina rescue efforts and law enforcement abuses to the wrongful imprisonment and torturing of legal enemy combatants and misuse of the FBI and NSA -- nothing is taboo in this disturbing look at the last seven years of fundamentally flawed terror-related spy bills, how they affect you, and what you can do about it. Bills such as the USA PATRIOT Act, the Military Commissions Act, and the John Warner Defense Act have crippled the U.S. Constitution and have weakened the liberties that Americans once thought they could never lose. The loss of Habeas Corpus and Posse Comitatus, coupled with a new definition of “torture” are just the tip of the Orwellian iceberg. If enacted, HR 1955 will for the first time put “thought crime” laws on the books, robbing citizens of their right to freedom of conscience thought. From the filmmaker: Official website | Trailer | Buy the DVD Tags: documentary, corruption, washington, republican, democrat, bush, cheney, war on terror, vote, McKinney, 911, independent, government, crime, Obama, President, kucinich, Clinton, Cover-up, dc, treason, impeach, spy, usa patriot act, military commissions act, expose, 1984, orwell, orwellian, wright, turley, olbermann, constitution, ron paul, mccain, congress, house, rice, unconstitutional, defazio, hijack No screenings of Washington are currently scheduled. Host one yourself!
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