MISC> Spying Power Limits Advocated for Federal Government by ACLU
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- Date: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:26:14 -0600
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From: "David P. Dillard" <jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thu, 20 Feb 2003 12:45:49 -0500 (EST)
The ability to probe and examine has greatly increased under legislation
since the events of September 11, 2001 and the American Civil Liberties
Union is advocating that limits be placed on what can be done by the
federal government in the perusal of the private lives of United States
citizens.
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Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2003
Groups Urge Limit on Govt. Spying Powers
By GINA HOLLAND Associated Press Writer
<http://news.findlaw.com/ap/a/w/1154/2-18-2003/20030218140005_06.html>
WASHINGTON (AP) - Civil liberties groups are using a long shot approach in
an effort to get the Supreme Court to limit the government's power to spy,
filing an appeal Tuesday on behalf of people who don't even know they're
being monitored.
The American Civil Liberties Union and other organizations hope to draw
the justices into their first post-Sept. 11 anti-terror case with a
challenge of the Justice Department's surveillance powers.
Congress gave the government broader spying authority after the terrorist
attacks. The ACLU argued that a review court misinterpreted the law,
making it too easy for the government to get permission to listen to
telephone conversations, read e-mail and search private property, and then
use the information in criminal cases.
The ACLU and other critics worry there are not enough checks to ensure the
government's snooping doesn't stretch to law-abiding citizens.
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