http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47086,00.html Congress Weighs Anti-Terror Bill By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 2:00 a.m. Sep. 25, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- Few would have predicted it in the immediate aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks, but Congress is not rushing to enact sweeping anti-terrorism laws. Instead of acquiescing to Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for such laws immediately -- Ashcroft was hoping for final votes by last Saturday -- legislators seem to be carefully weighing how new laws will affect Americans' liberties. On Monday afternoon, Ashcroft received a cordial but critical reception when he showed up in front of the House Judiciary committee to ask that members increase telephone and Internet wiretapping and permit police to indefinitely detain immigrants who are suspected terrorists. [...] ********** http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47111,00.html Wiretap Bill Gets Third Degree By Declan McCullagh (declanat_private) 2:00 a.m. Sep. 26, 2001 PDT WASHINGTON -- President Bush's proposal to permit Internet surveillance without a court order drew sharp questions from senators on Tuesday. Members of the Senate Judiciary committee appeared divided over whether the Mobilization Against Terrorism Act (MATA), which the Justice Department sent to Congress this week, was a vital anti-terrorism measure or an infringement of privacy. It wasn't a partisan split: Left-leaning Dianne Feinstein of California and conservative icon Chuck Grassley of Iowa both wondered during Tuesday's hearing whether the administration's bill could be reworked -- just a bit -- to resolve some of their worries. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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