It's nice that the proposal has a sunset clause in it, to limit the amount of time that we're subject to the various good or bad half-baked suggestions and the various agencies' requests for powers they've always wanted. Expect that the worst parts will get extended indefinitely over the years :-) At 08:48 PM 10/01/2001 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
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From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> Subject: FC: Congress drafts new "anti-terror" bill -- with expiration date To: politech@politechbot.com Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:32:57 -0400 X-URL: Politech is at http://www.politechbot.com/
Text of the new PATRIOT ("Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism") Act: http://www.well.com/~declan/sep11/patriot.act.100101.pdf
Background on other legislation: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47199,00.html http://www.wartimeliberty.com/search.pl?topic=legislation
-Declan
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http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47230,00.html
Eavesdrop Now, Reassess Later? By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com) 5:00 p.m. Oct. 1, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- House negotiators have drafted anti-terrorism legislation to grant police unprecedented eavesdropping powers that would automatically expire in two years.
Leaders of the House Judiciary committee have crafted a new anti-terrorism bill, called the Patriot Act, that includes nearly all the surveillance abilities requested by President Bush -- but with a sunset date of Dec. 31, 2003. A vote on the bill is expected this week.
A 122-page draft (PDF) of the Patriot Act, obtained by Wired News, says that police could conduct Internet wiretaps in some situations without court orders, that judges' ability to reject surveillance requests would be sharply curtailed, and that the powers of a secret federal court would be expanded.
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