Re: House update on anti-terror bills: Look out
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> wrote :
From a House staffer:
Friends, less than 20 minutes ago the House leadership announced we would be considering the Senate bill which has none of the privacy protections that Bob Barr and others worked to put in the House bill an contains language attacking financial privacy and even allowing the government expanded access to educational records. Votes on the rule are expected soon and killing the rule is the best way to kill this bill.
Perfectly understandable actions on the part of our "representatives" considering that they panicked a month ago and haven't been in their right minds since - most of them anyway. Feingold and Barr seem to be more stable than the average bear. The totally infuriating part is that it will take decades to undo the damage they're doing in a few short weeks. Mike
mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Perfectly understandable actions on the part of our "representatives" considering that they panicked a month ago and haven't been in their right minds since - most of them anyway. Feingold and Barr seem to be more stable than the average bear.
Throw Ron Paul into that select group, too. He's pretty reliable in supporting liberties for the common swine. Some of his recently-proposed legislation seems pervertible by sufficiently motivated agencies, but it isn't a blatant power grab.
The totally infuriating part is that it will take decades to undo the damage they're doing in a few short weeks.
If you view it as damage. A fair number of our elected and appointed officials seem to view it as opportunity. -- Steve Furlong Computer Condottiere Have GNU, Will Travel 617-670-3793 "Good people do not need laws to tell them to act responsibly while bad people will find a way around the laws." -- Plato
mmotyka@lsil.com wrote:
Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com> wrote :
From a House staffer:
Friends, less than 20 minutes ago the House leadership announced we would be considering the Senate bill which has none of the privacy protections that Bob Barr and others worked to put in the House bill an contains language attacking financial privacy and even allowing the government expanded access to educational records. Votes on the rule are expected soon and killing the rule is the best way to kill this bill.
Perfectly understandable actions on the part of our "representatives" considering that they panicked a month ago and haven't been in their right minds since - most of them anyway. Feingold and Barr seem to be more stable than the average bear.
The totally infuriating part is that it will take decades to undo the damage they're doing in a few short weeks.
Mike
Panicked, my foot. It's "steal candy from a baby" time. jbdigriz
On Fri, Oct 12, 2001 at 01:26:08PM -0400, Steve Furlong wrote:
Throw Ron Paul into that select group, too. He's pretty reliable in
Ron Paul is extraordinarily reliable. For comparison, see below. -Declan --- FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Brian Walsh FRIDAY OCTOBER 12, 2001 202-225-2931; (877) 836-1325 Barr Supports Compromise Anti-Terrorism Bill Legislation Passes House with Bipartisan Majority WASHINGTON, D.C. -- U.S. Representative Bob Barr (GA-7), a senior Member of the House Judiciary Committee, today issued the following statement after supporting House passage of a comprehensive anti-terrorism bill, which contains a five-year sunset provision. "I supported the anti-terrorism legislation today, not because I thought it to be a perfect bill or that it may have prevented the attacks of September 11th. Rather, I supported the legislation because it is a necessary step to take at this time,and it is an appropriate compromise reached between many competing interests. I'm not happy with every provision in the bill, nor will I relent in my defense of our civil liberties in the coming days, but this represents a meaningful step to prevent future terrorist attacks. As America sets-out to find those responsible for the acts of war perpetrated on us, my determination to accomplish this goal will be matched only by my continued determination to protect the Bill of Rights." Barr, a former federal prosecutor, represents Georgia's Seventh District. He serves on the House Financial Services, Judiciary, and Government Reform Committees. --30--
participants (4)
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Declan McCullagh
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James B. DiGriz
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mmotyka@lsil.com
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Steve Furlong