SEPTEMBER 11, 2001
THE PATRIOT ACT:
AMERICA'S TROJAN HORSE FOR TYRANNY
By Maureen Steele, May 27, 2025
When
the smoke was still rising from the rubble of the Twin Towers, the American
people were reeling, grieving—and vulnerable. That vulnerability was weaponized.
In one of the most cunning bait-and-switch maneuvers in modern history, our
government handed us the Patriot Act—an Orwellian surveillance framework
disguised as national defense.
We didn’t just get conned—we got conquered. Not by terrorists from abroad, but
by tyrants in suits.
The Patriot Act was born less than two months after 9/11, passed with breakneck
speed, virtually unread by the very members of Congress who signed it into law.
It was pitched to the American public as a necessary evil to root out
terrorists, an emergency measure to prevent “the next 9/11.” But emergency
powers have a funny way of becoming permanent. Just ask history. The Patriot Act
was the lie that opened the gates.
And now, in 2025, as documents, whistleblowers, and independent investigations
slowly peel back the layers of that dark day, it becomes harder and harder to
ignore the possibility that the whole thing—from the missing NORAD response to
the curious collapses of steel towers—was a staged pretext to install the
surveillance state.
Was Bin Laden just a distraction, with the real target being us?
The Patriot Act opened the backdoor to hell: Warrantless wiretaps, bulk data
collection, secret courts (FISA) rubber-stamping government spying, metadata
hoarding by the NSA, backroom deals with Google, AT&T, Apple, and every other
tech giant with their hands in your pocket and your private life.
The Fourth Amendment? Eviscerated. Your emails? Scanned. Your phone calls?
Flagged. Your texts? Saved. Your browsing history? Tracked. All because you
might one day pose a “threat” to the state. Not an external state—the state. The
federal government. Washington, D.C. The same snakes who spied on President
Trump using fake FISA warrants now think they have a constitutional right to spy
on you.
They don’t. And they never did. Terror Was the Excuse. Tyranny Was the Goal.
Don’t think for a second that the Patriot Act is about Islamists with box
cutters. It was never about jihad. It was always about jurisdiction—over you.
This law was the legal foundation for the rise of the deep state, for the
surveillance capitalism of Big Tech, and for the metastasizing power of
intelligence agencies like the CIA and NSA who now operate with near-total
impunity. They’re not watching terrorists anymore. They’re watching parents at
school board meetings. They’re watching J6 grandmothers. They’re watching
dissenters.
Still feel safe?
Every dictator knows that fear is the best salesman. But the brilliance of the
Patriot Act wasn’t just that it was sold during a time of fear—it was that it
rebranded tyranny as patriotism. They knew we’d take the bait. They called it
the Patriot Act. They played on our grief, our trauma, our love of country—and
then gutted everything that made this country free. You see, when freedom dies
quietly it’s usually wrapped in a flag.
They gave us a choice: safety or liberty. And as Benjamin Franklin once warned,
we chose wrong—and we got neither.
The surveillance state is unconstitutional, un-American, and utterly
unacceptable. We the People never consented to this. It’s time to strip it down
to the studs. The NSA has no right to scan your calls. The FBI has no business
reading your texts. The CIA should not be embedded in your iPhone.
Let this serve as a message to the government, to the D.C. swamp, to the
bureaucrats hiding behind their glowing monitors in Langley and Fort Meade: We
see you. And the era of secrecy is over.
The American people will not be monitored like livestock, profiled like
criminals, or watched like threats.
Repeal the Patriot Act. Repeal the surveillance state. Reclaim the Republic.
Because if we don’t, they’ll keep chipping away until we no longer recognize the
country we pledged our allegiance to. And that’s not patriotism. That’s treason.
Reprinted with permission from the American Thinker: https://www.americanthinker.com
WHY
THEY FELL SO FAST
While Usama bin Laden may have been surprised at the damage caused by his plan to crash planes into the World Trade Center, the designers of the building were not.
In the December 17, 2001 issue of Insight Magazine, Ralph de Toledano explores the role environmentalists had in the fall of the twin towers.
When the Empire State Building, the Chrysler Building and other New York skyscrapers were being built, the steel columns that supported them were insulated with concrete, making them safe from a meltdown disaster. This was an expensive process, so the builders of the World Trade Center towers sought an equally effective new one. Such a process was developed -- a sprayed thermal insulation of asbestos and mineral wool that could resist tremendous heat for a minimum of four hours before the girders might topple.
The towers were designed to withstand even the most catastrophic fire long enough to evacuate those in the higher floors by helicopter, and to withstand the impact of a fuel-loaded Boeing 707. But while the towers were being built, the enviros launched a hysterical campaign against the use of asbestos, and the New York City Council voted to ban it -- in no matter what form.
The direct result was that from the 64th floor up, the girders of the twin towers were deprived of the necessary fireproofing. At the time, Herbert Levine, an expert in the insulation of steel building columns, warned: "If fire breaks out above the 64th floor, the building will fall down."
When the fuel-heavy 757s hit the buildings, those on the floors which were hit died immediately. Had they been properly insulated, the towers would have remained standing for four hours -- enough time to use helicopters for tthe higher floors and to evacuate the lower floors.
Thousands of people died because the enviros dislike processed asbestos, which never has been proved to have killed anyone.
Keep this in mind as you hear the predictions of cataclysm over drilling in the Artic National Wildlife Refuge.
WHERE
IS THE TERROR COMING FROM?
In the December 3, 2001 issue of Insight Magazine is the story of Ana Belen Montes, a senior analyst at the Defense Intelligence Agency.
She was arrested on September 21, 2001 by the FBI after having been caught making calls to Cuba's Directorate of General Intelligence. She already had compromised the identities of CIA agents, revealed US military secrets and exposed the contents of classified files.
These continuing concerns of Cuba's threat to US national security are also shared by Russia because of Castro's growing ties with radical Islamic movements.
According to the Toronto Sun reported on November 10, 2001, Toronto police have been investigating dozens of FBI generated leads following the US arrest of a Parkdale refugee claimant who is alleged to be a lieutenant of Usama bin Laden. A huge trail of evidence, including hundreds of pages of phone and financial records, dozens of license plate and credit card purchases have been checked by the police.
A November 24, 2001, editorial from the web page of the Wall Street Journal suggests that we might look a little closer to home. Recounting the bombings, arson and terrorizing of civilians by the Earth Liberation Front and its parent group, Animal Liberation Front, known respectively as ELF and ALF, the editorial reminds us of the 1998 fire bombing of a Vail ski resort which destroyed $12 million in property and endangered dozens of firefighters. The Portland Oregonian credits ELF with 33 major crimes in just five years and property damage of $26 million.
These groups have not stopped after September 11. Just nine days after the World Trade Center fell, ALF members torched a New Mexico primate lab. On October 15 they firebombed a federal corral for wild horses near Litchfield, California. Earlier this month, two homemade bombs were discovered near a Michigan Tech University lab that conducts research for the forestry industry. State police defused the bombs and the incident is still under investigation. Elf is a prime suspect.
To get an idea of what ELF really believes, log on to earthliberationfront.com. You'll find how-to primers on "The politics and practicalities of arson" and "What to do if a federal agent tries to question you." Or check out: "Setting Fires With Electrical Timers -- An Earth Liberation Front Guide."
WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE MONEY?
CNSNEWS.COM reported on November 19, 2001 that the United Way 9-11 fund which received donor pledges totaling $334 million, with $250 million already collected and $47 million distributed has been making grants totaling more than $1 million to a variety of left-wing political groups.
Critics say many of the groups receiving charitable contributions from the fund have little or nothing to do with helping the victims of the attacks.
Children's Defense Fund received $31,000. It has been at the forefront in lobbying for "children's rights", gun control and expanded welfare programs.
Asian American Legal Defense & Educational Fund received $30,000 to provide "legal help and preventative measures against hate violence." It is also a member of the Alliance for Justice, a consortium of left-of-center groups including the National Organization for Women Legal Defense Fund, the National Center for Lesbian Rights, the National Abortion and Reproductive Rights Action League, Planned Parenthood, and the Earth Justice Legal Defense Fund.
The Independent Press Association received $81,150 "to use community and ethnic newspapers to distribute information about victim assistance to immigrants and non-English speaking people and to prevent bias-relation violence."
Legal Services of New York received $40,000 "to replace phones, computers and other office equipment destroyed in the attack."
New York Lawyers for the Public Interest, a "disability rights" and "environmental justice" organization received $57,575.
New York Immigration Coalition collected $450,000 to help "access relief assistance to immigrants harmed by the disaster." The group's stated purpose is to secure "immigrant rights."
The Olive Leaf Wholeness Center received $100,000 to provide "massage therapy to rescue workers, medical examiners, staff and victims' family members at various relief locations." Its goals include creating "an enriching, humane, and ecologically sound healing environment" to "start people on their journey toward wholeness."
The September 11th Fund was previously criticized for a $171,000 grant it gave to the Legal Aid Society, a group fighting for expanded government programs and welfare rights in New York City. It is also defending a number of detainees held on immigration charges in connection with the terror rights.
The criticism which has been directed at the Red Cross in handling this disaster is just the latest in a long string, according to Mary Pat Flaherty and Gilbert M. Gaul, in an article in the November 19, 2001, Washington Post.
In Oklahoma City, it spent only 25% of the $13 million it had collected for victims and families.
When the Red River flooded in 1997, nearly $16 million was collected for the victims in North Dakota and Minnesota. The Minnesota attorney general had to resort to stinging public hearings and a 40-page report to prod the release of nearly $4 million in unspent victim funds.
After January wildfires in the San Diego, the Red Cross improperly used money for vehicles and a telephone system upgrade while burned-out families waited for money earmarked for them.
It seems to your editor that almost every week we read in the local paper about a spaghetti dinner or other event to help a local family or other local cause. These are all done by volunteers with no "overhead" costs. The next time you feel generous, why not look around for a local cause where you know your money will be well-spent.
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