DeWine's statement: http://dewine.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=183966 Text of bills: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.02659: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.02586: -Declan --- http://news.com.com/2010-1071-948283.html?tag=politech Is privacy the next casualty? By Declan McCullagh August 5, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Sen. Mike DeWine is crusading to hand the FBI new powers to eavesdrop on immigrants and other non-citizens living in America. The Ohio Republican, a former county prosecutor, is proposing that police need only have a "suspicion" that someone has links to terrorism before being able to spy on that person or snoop through their home. DeWine's bill does not authorize the Feds to target American citizens or green card holders. But it does mean that the mere "suspicion" of illicit activities would be enough to wiretap the phones and bug the e-mail communications of millions of tourists or legal immigrants who hold H-1B, B-2, TN-1, or student visas. "We must give our intelligence community the tools they need to closely monitor non-United States persons who want to harm Americans," DeWine claims. "I believe these changes are necessary for our government to protect Americans." What DeWine's proposal seeks to do is unleash the full power of the mighty Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) against immigrants, tourists, and visitors to the United States who are suspects in terrorism investigations. Currently it's difficult for federal police to use FISA against non-Americans; DeWine's bill, and a related bill introduced by Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., would make it far easier. [...] ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Like Politech? Make a donation here: http://www.politechbot.com/donate/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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