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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