URLs relating to state and municipal legislation or proposed legislation in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001.
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Alienable Rights- AL-AHRAM article (5 Nov 2001): We all knew it was coming. Last Friday, US President George W Bush signed an anti- terrorism bill that proposes sweeping new powers for the FBI, extending the agency's ability to search citizens, wire-tap telephone lines and eavesdrop on the Internet. The period of detention allowed for a foreign citizen suspected of terrorist activities has also be increased.pop
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America under siege- DAWN article by Zia-ul-Islam (5 Nov 2001): When Bush finally signed the ridiculously named PATRIOT ("Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism") Act, 2001, he surrendered the most vital component of the "American way of life" the whole world looked up to.pop
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Ashcroft confers on anti-terror laws- MSNBC article (19 Sept): Seeking ways to deter attacks on U.S. targets, Attorney General John Ashcroft and congressional leaders huddled Wednesday on proposals ranging from making it easier to detain suspected terrorists to expanded electronic surveillance. The meeting came the day after the Immigration and Naturalization Service changed its rules to allow non-citizens to be held indefinitely for questioning.pop
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Bush comments on signing new antiterrorism law- US DEPT OF STATE posting (26 Oct 2001):
Enhanced law enforcement powers provided in a new antiterrorism law
will be utilized immediately to "help counter a threat like no other
our nation has ever faced," President Bush said at a signing ceremony
for the legislation October 26.pop
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Defining terrorism stirs words of dispute- LA TIMES article by David Savage & Greg Miller (1 Oct 2001): What is "terrorism"? All agree that a politically motivated attack that kills innocent civilians is terrorism at its worst. But the Justice Department has proposed to define "terrorism" so broadly that some lawmakers fear it would include a teenage computer hacker or a protester who tosses a rock through the window
of a federal building.pop
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Wartimeliberty.com links to info on Antiterrorism legislation- Links from Wartimeliberty.com. These focus on the implications of antiterrorism liberty for civil rights in the wake of the terrorist attacks of 11 Sept 2001.pop
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Peter Swire on ATA bill, computer hacking and life in prison- Politech article by Peter Swire (1 Oct 2001): Article pointing out that the proposed Anti-Terrorism legislation could make even minor hacking a crime that could bring a life term in prison.
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Unanimous Triumph for Masters of War- Norman Solomon's 14 September 2001 response to the Senate's 98-0 vote for a war resolution. He refers to a Vietnam war-era interview of Senator Morse by CBS journalist Peter Lisagor, on presidential power to determine foreign policy.
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