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Safer Option for Civil Rights
by Jeremy at 9:30 am EST, Feb 2, 2004

Spontaneous applause greeted Bush's State of the Union mention that "key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year."

He quickly went on to declare, "Our law enforcement needs this vital legislation," and to tell Congress, "you need to renew the Patriot Act."

That statement also drew applause, but from different quarters.

The LA Times educates Hollywood on civil liberties while calling on Congress to support judicial oversight of the FBI's powers.


Safer Option for Civil Rights
by Decius at 12:36 pm EST, Feb 2, 2004

] Congress is considering a good bipartisan compromise
] known as the SAFE Act (short for Safety and Freedom
] Ensured) that was introduced last fall by Sens. Richard
] Durbin (D-Ill.) and Larry E. Craig (R-Idaho). The
] measure, S1709, would add judicial oversight to rein in
] the FBI's overly free hand.
]
] The bill also extends the Patriot Act's sunset
] provisions, for example requiring periodic
] reconsideration of circumstances in which agents can read
] someone's e-mail or peruse their credit card purchases.
]
] In a letter last week, Ashcroft preposterously asserted
] that the SAFE Act would "make it more difficult" to stop
] terrorists "than before the Patriot Act," and said he'd
] recommend that Bush veto it. Lawmakers should ignore this
] bluster as they take modest steps to protect civil
] liberties while continuing to fight terror.

Ashcroft appears to be seriously opposed to even a moderate approach to the Patriot Act.


 
 
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