RESOUR> [DIG_REF] NEWS: Press Reaction to PATRIOT Act II: Legislation Sought By Bush Administration
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NEWS: Press Reaction to PATRIOT Act II: Legislation Sought By Bush
Administration
Friday February 07, @07:50PM Email story
USA Patriot Act II--A$hcroft drafts secret sequel
By Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle
<http://www.phillyimc.org/article.pl?
sid=03/02/08/0050215&mode=thread>
The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the
USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of September 11, 2001, which will give
the government broad, sweeping new powers to increase domestic
intelligence-gathering, surveillance and law enforcement prerogatives, and
simultaneously decrease judicial review and public access to information.
For additional information, watch the PBS program "Now With Bill Moyers"
tonight at 9 P.M. EST. (local listings http://www.pbs.org/now/sched.html)
The show will also air an interview with Charles Lewis.
(WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2003) -- The Bush Administration is preparing a bold,
comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake of
September 11, 2001, which will give the government broad, sweeping new
powers to increase domestic intelligence-gathering, surveillance and law
enforcement prerogatives, and simultaneously decrease judicial review and
public access to information.
The Center for Public Integrity has obtained a draft, dated January 9,
2003, of this previously undisclosed legislation and is making it
available in full text
http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/downloads/Story_01_020703_Doc_1.pdf
(12 MB). The bill, drafted by the staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft
and entitled the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, has not been
officially released by the Department of Justice, although rumors of its
development have circulated around the Capitol for the last few months
under the name of the Patriot Act II in legislative parlance.
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Transcript: Bill Moyers interviews Chuck Lewis
<http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript_lewis2.html>
MOYERS: The Patriot Act was passed six weeks after 9/11. We know now that
it greatly changed the balance between liberty and security in this
nation's framework. What do you think what's the significance of this new
document, called the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003?
LEWIS: I think the significance is it just deepens and broadens, further
extends the first Patriot Act. That act in 2001, they had six weeks, which
was not a lot of time to throw something together. Now there's been 18
months of all kinds of things that have happened and court decisions that
have tried to roll back some of the Patriot Act.
And other concerns, law enforcement, people have, and so they've had time
to sift and sort what they want. And it's arguably might be a more
thorough rendering of all the things law enforcement and intelligence
agencies would like to have in a perfect world. It's sort of how I look at
it, and I think it's a very tough document when it comes to secrecy and
surveillance.
I understand the concerns about fear of terrorism. And it certainly
MOYERS: We all have those
LEWIS: We all have those and there are things in the legislation that make
sense, and that are reasonable, I think for any American. But there are
other things that really take some of the Patriot Act civil liberties
issues that folks were concerned about and go even further. And I think
it's gonna be very controversial. Some of these sections are gonna be
debated for weeks and months.
MOYERS: So many of these powers latent in this draft legislation were
powers that were taken away from the intelligence community some years ago
because they were abused.
LEWIS: That's right.
MOYERS: Do you see any protection in here against potential abuse?
LEWIS: I don't think there's very much there's a lot more authority and
power for government. There's less oversight and information about what
government is doing. That's the headline and that's the theme. And the
safeguards seem to be pretty minimal to me.
MOYERS: I just go through here, you know? "Will give the Attorney General
the unchecked power to deport any foreigner?"
LEWIS: Right.
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PATRIOT II Legislation Leaked
Posted by michael on Saturday February 08, @12:29PM
from the goodbye-FOI dept.
<http://yro.slashdot.org/yro/03/02/07/2217253.shtml?tid=103>
Ashcroft proposes vast new surveillance powers
By Kevin Poulsen, SecurityFocus Feb 7 2003 7:06PM
<http://online.securityfocus.com/news/2296>
A sweeping new anti-terrorism bill drafted by the Justice Department would
dramatically increase government electronic surveillance and data
collection abilities, and impose the first-ever federal criminal penalties
for using encryption in the U.S.
A draft of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 dated January 9th
was obtained by the non-partisan Center for Public Integrity and released
Friday. The 120-page proposal would further expand many of the
surveillance powers Congress granted federal law enforcement in the
USA-PATRIOT Act in 2001, while increasing the secrecy surrounding some
government functions.
The Justice Department hasn't released the proposal publicly, nor has it
been formally submitted to lawmakers, but a legislative "control sheet"
attached to the bill [pdf] indicates that review copies were sent to
Speaker of the House Dennis Hastert, and Vice President Richard Cheney
last month. In a written statement Friday, a Justice Department
spokesperson said it would be "premature to speculate on any future
decisions, particularly ideas or proposals that are still being discussed
at staff levels."
Civil liberties groups are already calling the bill "Patriot II".
"I just don't know where to start, it's just expanding everything," says
Lee Tien, staff attorney at the Electronic Frontier Foundation. "When this
hits the Hill there's going to be a lot more talk about what's going on,
as opposed to the Patriot Act, where Congress just went on the
government's say-so."
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Draconian "Patriot II" act in the mill
by repost Saturday February 08, 2003 at 09:28 AM
<http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2003/02/1571508.php>
The U.S. Justice Department, which won broad new powers after the Sept.
11, 2001, attacks to eavesdrop and detain immigrants, is drafting
legislation that would authorize the creation of a terrorist
identification database, department officials said on Friday. Other
measures would authorize DoJ to strip Americans of citizenship and
constitutional protections.
http://reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml?type=politicsNews&storyID=2192053
U.S. Considers New Anti-Terrorism Legislation
Fri February 7, 2003 07:32 PM ET
By James ViciniWASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Justice Department, which
won broad new powers after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks to eavesdrop and
detain immigrants, is drafting legislation that would authorize the
creation of a terrorist identification database, department officials said
on Friday.
They said the proposals, which already have been criticized by civil
liberties groups, also would limit the disclosure of certain information
and allow pretrial detention of people suspected of terrorist activity
without bail.
The officials said the proposals, still in draft form and called the
Security Enhancement Act of 2003, would require congressional approval.
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This bill would have serious implications for access to information and
resources in libraries and should be a matter of serious concern for
librarians.
Sincerely,
David Dillard
Temple University
(215) 204 - 4584
jwne@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
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