************************************************************** Net Happenings - From Educational CyberPlayGround ************************************************************** ************************************************************************** Educational CyberPlayGround links to Technology <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Technology/Home_TECHNOLOGY.html> Find Information on Security for Teachers, Administrators, Ed. Tech, and Classroom Resources ************************************************************************** The Center for Public Integrity reports that it has a copy of a draft of PATRIOT II. <http://publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/home.asp> Justice Dept. Drafts Sweeping Expansion of Anti-Terrorism Act (WASHINGTON, Feb. 7, 2003) -- The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act that 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. 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. Draft (12 MB PDF) <http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/downloads/Story_01_020703_Doc_2.pdf> ************************************************************** The Net Happenings mailing list is a service of Educational CyberPlayGround - http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/ ************************************************************** Linking and Announcements For Net Happenings are provided by http://www.EricWard.com and http://www.URLwire.com ************************************************************** If you have any questions, concerns, suggestions, or would like to sponsor the Net Happenings service - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/Subguidelines.html> Subscribe | Unsubscribe | Change Email Preferences - <http://www.edu-cyberpg.com/Community/NetHappenings.html> **************************************************************