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Civil liberties face another challengeUnknown
Coloradoan Online (website)
2/24/2003 The Bush administration appears to be preparing a follow-up to the USA Patriot
Act that would increase its authority to spy on American citizens and erode the
integrity of the Freedom of Information Act. The so-called Domestic Security Enhancement
Act of 2003 would give the government even more power to use wiretaps, conduct electronic
surveillance, detain people in secret, limit judicial review of its actions, and
block access to public information in the name of national security.
Civil liberties that were trampled in the Patriot Act would be stomped on even
more under this proposal, which has not been sent to Congress -- yet. A draft of
the bill was leaked to the Center for Public Integrity, which has posted it online.
The Justice Department initially denied the existence of the draft legislation
but later described the proposal as merely a collection of ideas that are being
bounced around at the staff level. If this proposal ever makes it to Congress, lawmakers
should stand firm against it.
The intent of the proposal is to root out terrorists. We understand the seriousness
of the terrorism threat, but this proposal goes too far and could too easily be
misused.
The act would give the office of the attorney general the authority to say who
is a suspected terrorist based on a vague definition. The "terrorist" could then
be detained in secret. His or her personal credit and financial information could
be accessed and the information shared with law enforcement agencies around the
country. The suspected terrorist could be put through a secret immigration hearing,
deported and stripped of his or her citizenship. Information about that person's
whereabouts and what became of him or her could be withheld from family members,
lawyers and the public in general even if they use the Freedom of Information Act
to ferret it out.
The proposal would create a DNA database of suspected terrorists and terminate
all state consent decrees that prevent state and local law enforcement groups from
certain types of intelligence gathering.
These and other ideas in the proposal would allow the government -- particularly
the attorney general -- too much power over the lives ordinary citizens. This cannot
be permitted.
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