BS: ACLU press release on new bill

Subject: RE: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: Peace
Date: 08 Oct 04 - 01:39 PM

And refreshed for you again.

Subject: RE: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: Amos
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 03:30 PM

Excerpts:

As key House Committees meet today to consider legislation to implement the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission, the American Civil Liberties Union called on lawmakers to reject any further expansions of law enforcement powers not called for by the commission. The ACLU noted the main House legislation contains some provisions of the draft Patriot Act 2 that was leaked on Capitol Hill last year, and called it a serious attack on the ability of immigrants to have their day in court.

"The House leadership bill, in its current form, is a Trojan horse," said Laura W. Murphy, Director of the ACLU Washington Legislative Office. "The bi-partisan 9/11 Commission did not call for an assault on immigrants or an expansion of the Patriot Act; they said that the Patriot Act needs thorough review. By including these unwarranted provisions in this legislation, the Republican leadership is playing election year politics with intelligence reform."

The Republican House leadership unveiled their bill, the "9/11 Commission Implementation Act," late Friday. It contains several Patriot Act 2 provisions, and other expansions on law enforcement powers not called for by the 9/11 commission. Noting that the commission did not include any recommendation of Patriot Act expansion, or that due process and judicial review in the immigration system be curtailed, the ACLU called the House bill a "virtual wish list for law enforcement that would undermine liberty."

The ACLU also noted that in the Senate, the leading legislation to implement the commission's findings is the Collins-Lieberman "National Intelligence Reform Act of 2004" (S. 2845), which closely mirrors the commission's findings, and contains none of the provisions of Patriot Act 2. That bill is currently being debated on the Senate floor.

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Subject: RE: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: maire-aine
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 03:17 PM

refresh

Subject: RE: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: katlaughing
Date: 30 Sep 04 - 12:04 AM

Thanks, Maryanne!

Subject: RE: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: Peace
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 09:17 PM

Dear Americans,

Refreshed for you.

Subject: BS: ACLU press release on new bill
From: maire-aine
Date: 29 Sep 04 - 12:44 PM

In case you haven't heard about this, check out ACLU Says House 9/11 Commission Bill a "Trojan Horse," Patriot Expansion, Attack .

Please call your Senators and your Representative ASAP. We can't let this slip past while everybody is focusing on the election.

Maryanne