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Posters. Note: Respecting The Patriot Act, and Civil Rights, a lot more than "3 degrees of separation", more like 180 degrees, I should think. Beware lest our elected things reauthorize the PA and broaden powers granted, as has been proposed.
Republicans Criticize PATRIOT Act
"A closed-door vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week to expand law enforcement powers under the USA PATRIOT Act is prompting sharp criticism from some conservative leaders who are otherwise among the most vocal allies of President Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress," according to the Los Angeles Times.
"... The conservatives, including former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) and political activists who have been long-standing critics of the anti-terrorism law, lashed out with particular force last week against the White House, members of Congress and Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales. They said they had expected a more open review of the Patriot Act in which lawmakers considered some limits in order to safeguard civil liberties."
In "More Surveillance Equals Less Liberty: Patriot Act reduces privacy, undercuts judicial review," Timothy Lynch, director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice, writes: "Now that two years have passed since the trauma of the Sept. 11 catastrophe, it is a good time to take a step back from the politics of the moment and take stock as to how our policymakers have responded to the threat posed by terrorism.
"Too many conservatives have brushed aside grievances about civil-liberties violations in the mistaken belief that President Bush's political opponents are simply trying to dress up a partisan attack in noble-sounding rhetoric about liberty, privacy and the Constitution. The opposite is true."
Republicans Criticize PATRIOT Act
"A closed-door vote by the Senate Intelligence Committee last week to expand law enforcement powers under the USA PATRIOT Act is prompting sharp criticism from some conservative leaders who are otherwise among the most vocal allies of President Bush and the Republican leadership in Congress," according to the Los Angeles Times.
"... The conservatives, including former U.S. Rep. Bob Barr (R-Ga.) and political activists who have been long-standing critics of the anti-terrorism law, lashed out with particular force last week against the White House, members of Congress and Atty. Gen. Alberto R. Gonzales. They said they had expected a more open review of the Patriot Act in which lawmakers considered some limits in order to safeguard civil liberties."
In "More Surveillance Equals Less Liberty: Patriot Act reduces privacy, undercuts judicial review," Timothy Lynch, director of the Cato Institute's Project on Criminal Justice, writes: "Now that two years have passed since the trauma of the Sept. 11 catastrophe, it is a good time to take a step back from the politics of the moment and take stock as to how our policymakers have responded to the threat posed by terrorism.
"Too many conservatives have brushed aside grievances about civil-liberties violations in the mistaken belief that President Bush's political opponents are simply trying to dress up a partisan attack in noble-sounding rhetoric about liberty, privacy and the Constitution. The opposite is true."
