--- The Fool <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=11835&c=206 > > "The Department of Justice (DOJ) has been drafting > comprehensive > anti-terrorism legislation for the past several > months. The draft > legislation, dated January 9, 2003, grants sweeping > powers to the > government, eliminating or weakening many of the > checks and balances that > remained on government surveillance, wiretapping, > detention and criminal > prosecution even after passage of the USA PATRIOT > Act, Pub. L. No. 107-56, in 2001"
I usually think the ALCU is way out-of-line; this draft however seems to create 'Star Chamber-like' powers for unelected officials. But it goes hand-in-hand with Total Information Awarness. Debbi Transient Ischemic Attack Maru __________________________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Platinum - Watch CBS' NCAA March Madness, live on your desktop! http://platinum.yahoo.com _______________________________________________ http://www.mccmedia.com/mailman/listinfo/brin-l
