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In the name of "Homeland security" ...
You can now be jailed indefinitely without trial.
The police and the FBI -- and even the CIA -- can more easily spy on
you, reading your mail and e-mail, listening in on your phone, and
breaking into your home.
Thousands of immigrants have been called in for questioning simply
because they came from predominantly Muslim countries. [138]
Many have been jailed for long periods on baseless suspicions.
Nearly everyone in this country pays a high price for militarism. But
those among us who have paid the highest price are the millions of
soldiers who have been sent overseas to fight.
More than 100,000 U.S. soldiers and sailors have died in foreign wars
since U.S. troops were sent to Korea in 1950. [139]
Hundreds of thousands more have been wounded, many disabled for life.
Many Gulf War veterans are suffering the effects of "Gulf War Syndrome."
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