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- Don't Press the Panic Button
- National Review article by Dave Kopel outlining dangers to U.S. citizens' civil rights contained in emergency anti-terror legislation. From a conservative perspective.
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- New USA Patriot Act: by any means necessary
- NATION article by Patricia Williams (11 Nov 2001): The new USA PATRIOT Act has brought into being an unprecedented merger between the functions of intelligence agencies and law enforcement. Law enforcement agents can now spy on us, "destabilizing" citizens, not just noncitizens. They can gather information with few checks or balances from the judiciary. This Act highlights the distinction between punishing what has already occurred and preventing what might happen in the future.
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- Anti-terrorism legislation faces threat of gridlock
- MSNBC new service article (1 Oct 2001): The next two weeks will determine if the Bush administration's anti-terrorism proposals will become law this year or suffer the same gridlock that enveloped the last two such packages in Congress.
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- Bush Submits His Laws for War
- WIRED article about the Congressional debate between continued freedom for Americans or greater security.
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- Congress voting scared
- Working for Change article by Robert Scheer (30 Oct 2001): Heeding the request of Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft -- who has arrested a thousand purportedly potential terrorists but found hard evidence on none -- a sweeping new federal law was passed that allows the feds to explore the Internet e-mail, computer hard drives, and personal financial and medical records of people against whom there is insufficient or zero evidence, and allows their arrest without due process protections.
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- No Smoking Gun in Terror Bill
- WIRED article by Jeffrey Benner (5 Oct 2001): A well-known exception in federal gun control law commonly known as the "gun show loophole" can allow, for example, foreign tourists to walk into a gun show in 32 states and buy weapons with cash, no questions asked. Nowhere in the Bush administration's fledgling anti-terror legislation does it address this issue.
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- Patriot Bill moves along
- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (4 Oct 2001): A key House panel has unanimously approved unprecedented surveillance powers for police, capping a fiery weeklong debate over how to balance freedom while fighting terrorism.
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- Proposed Anti-Terrorism Laws Draw Tough Questions
- WASHINGTON POST article by John Lancaster & Walter Pincus (25 Sept 2001): The Bush administration's urgent quest for new anti-terrorism laws bogged down in Congress yesterday, as lawmakers from both parties expressed concern that the hastily prepared package could greatly expand police powers at the expense of privacy and other civil liberties.
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- Safe and Free in Times of Crisis
- ACLU feature (25 Sept 2001): The American Civil Liberties Union today urged Senators to follow the lead of the House of Representatives and slow down consideration of the Administration's proposed anti-terrorism legislation so that its full impact on both security and civil liberties can be understood.
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- Terror Bill Clears Senate
- WIRED magazine article by Declan McCullagh (12 Oct): Attempts to inject privacy safeguards into an anti-terrorism bill have been soundly rejected. In a series of votes ending at midnight Thursday, the U.S. Senate overwhelmingly defeated the last-ditch efforts by Sen. Russ Feingold (D-Wisconsin) to limit police surveillance powers.
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- Terror Bill Foes Seek Changes
- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (3 Oct 2001): Opponents of increased wiretapping powers for police are preparing a series of last-minute amendments before a scheduled vote in Congress Wednesday afternoon.
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- Terror Law Foes Mull Strategies
- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (3 Nov 2001): President Bush recently signed a massive anti-terrorism bill, granting investigators unprecedented powers that have been applauded by police groups but condemned by civil libertarians. Because parts of the spy law are so invasive that they arguably violate Americans' privacy rights, opponents of the so-called USA Patriot Act have begun to weigh how to mount a legal challenge.
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- Terror Law Foes Mull Strategies
- WIRED article by Declan McCullagh (3 Nov 2001): President Bush recently signed a massive anti-terrorism bill, granting investigators unprecedented powers that have been applauded by police groups but condemned by civil libertarians. Because parts of the spy law are so invasive that they arguably violate Americans' privacy rights, opponents of the so-called USA Patriot Act have begun to weigh how to mount a legal challenge.
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