Congress drafts new "anti-terror" bill -- with expiration date

[Bill Stewart]

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 at well.com>
>Subject: FC: Congress drafts new "anti-terror" bill -- with expiration date
>To: politech at politechbot.com
>Date: Mon, 01 Oct 2001 20:32:57 -0400
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>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
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>     Eavesdrop Now, Reassess Later?
>     By Declan McCullagh (declan at 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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