Originally posted by Hajji Giray I
EUTOPIAN ANTI-TERRORIST BILL
By Hartwell, Langley, Morgan, and Tulp
Article I
Creation of Counter-Revolutionary Operations Group
(Consisting of 4 officers [human players] and 20-30 soldiers)
1. Adequate funding for sophisticated intelligence gathering equipment and high tech arms as used by most counter terrorism units.
2. CROG to be charged with finding and bringing to justice members of the revolution and other terrorists in Eutopia.
3. Wide powers including; right to plant bugs on persons, to tap phones, to run surveillance on suspicious persons, to arrest persons suspected of terrorist activities or suspected of being involved in the planning of such activities or being involved with persons involved in terrorist activities. The power to arrest and hold persons without laying charges for up to 24 hours.
4. To be independent of other military units and would liaise with police forces, be under overall command of the President and responsible to the parliament.
[OOC: All actions from point 3 to be approved by gm in every case before being implemented.]
Article II
Foundation of National Department of Investigation
A National Department of Investigation will be created under the Ministry of Defense (as a civilian organization) with the purpose of identifying and stopping terrorist activities inside the nation of EUtopia. The Department’s goals:
-To arrest figures known to be or suspected beyond reasonable doubt to be terrorist leaders
-To stop suspected terrorist plots before they start
-To investigate acts of terrorism which do occur
-To identify organizations or businesses which support terrorism and to freeze these organizations’ money-flow
-To perform background checks on immigrants to the country
This department will have power to conduct espionage activities on suspects if the suspicion is sufficiently strong.
Article III
Formation of EUtopian Special Anti-Terrorist Unit
1. The purpose of the ESATU is to protect the Nation of Eutopia against any terrorist activities.
2. The ESATU is directly under the Join chief of Staffs, the Minister of Defense and International Affairs (MDIA) and the President of the Nation of EUtopia.
3. The ESATU will be composed out of soldiers from: the Marines, the Mountain Rangers and the Airborne divisions.
4. If deployed in the Nation of EUtopia soldiers of the ESATU will have the same rights as the police.
5. Soldiers of the ESATU can only be ordered by a superior officer in the EUtopian Military if the communications with officers of the ESATU and the Joint Staff is broken.
6. The ESATU will officially be a part of the EUtopian Army but the members of the ESATU will hold their rank in their old branches.
7. If asked for the names and other information of the members of the ESATU can be held secret to protect the members of the ESATU.
8. To protect the members of the ESATU they have the right to have their side-arm present in the homes.
9. To protect the members of the ESATU they have the right not to make themselves known in any way and have the right to turn down the order of to be heard by the parliament, government or any court unless their names are kept secret.
Article IV
Judicial Consequences of Terrorist Actions
1. Any act of terror that results in the death of an innocent person shall automatically carry a death sentence.
2. Any act of terror that could have reasonably resulted in the death of an innocent person, shall automatically carry a life sentence in a super maximum security prison.
3. Any other act of terror, including but not limited to massive destruction of property, bomb threats, death threats, and kidnapping shall be punishable by no less than 20 years in jail and no more than life in prison in a super maximum security prison.
4. Knowingly supporting or assisting terrorist operations or organizations by providing any of the following: information, financial support, shelter, cover, training, equipment, protection, or any other assistance shall be punishable by no less than 10 years in jail. In cases that result in the death of an innocent, the death penalty may be enacted.
