PATRIOT Act abuses report [US DOJ] News
PATRIOT Act abuses report [US DOJ]

Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, Institution, United States Department of Justice Office of the Inspector General, January 23, 2003 [semi-annual audit report on alleged abuses of civil rights and civil liberties by Department of Justice employees acting under the USA PATRIOT Act]. Read the full text of the report here. Reported in JURIST's Paper Chase here.

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Republic of Ireland Act enters force

On April 18, 1949, the Republic of Ireland Act went into force, creating a republic in the state of Ireland. The Act repealed the Executive Authority Act, which had given governing authority in Ireland to the King of England.

Treason charges against poet Ezra Pound dropped

On April 18, 1958, treason charges against American poet Ezra Pound, first laid in 1943 in connection with his wartime broadcasts for the Italian Fascist government of Benito Mussolini, were dropped.

Read Jonas Doberman, The Treason Debate: Ezra Pound and his Rome Radio Broadcasts[PDF].

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