The CIA Makes Sci Fi Unexciting: The PATRIOT Act

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A look at the way the PATRIOT act and post 9/11 security measures infected our civil liberties and infringed upon basic American rights and freedoms. We are proud to present a document that everyone needs to be reading and getting upset about! Abner traded off his zine duties for this issue for the text to be written by Gena Mason and illustrations by Keith Rosson. Note resemblance to airplane safety manual.

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"A timely look at evil U.S. semi-secret foreign policy and mischief making that should help erode your war support." --"Rocktober"
"The zine does a nice job of discussing how the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISC) violates numerous Amendments. Further, the author examines the way the FBI and the Department of Justice use and abuse this law." --Patti Smith, "Altar Magazine"

Author Bio

Gena Mason is a musician, journalist, and the author ofThe Microchipping of America. She lives in Los Angeles. Joe Biel is the founder of Microcosm Publishing and creator of the documentary about the DIY music scene,If It Aint Cheap, It Aint Punk. He is the coauthor of 13 Years of Good Luck and the author ofBipedal, By Pedal!; all volumes of the The CIA Makes Science Fiction Unexciting series and The Perfect Mix Tape Segue series; andYou Can Work Any Hundred Hours a Week You Want (In Your Underwear)!! He lives in Portland, Oregon.