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Congress Weighs Anti-Terror Bill
By Declan McCullagh (declan_at_wired.com)
2:00 a.m. Sep. 25, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- Few would have predicted it in the immediate aftermath of the
Sept. 11 attacks, but Congress is not rushing to enact sweeping
anti-terrorism laws.
Instead of acquiescing to Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for such
laws immediately -- Ashcroft was hoping for final votes by last Saturday --
legislators seem to be carefully weighing how new laws will affect
Americans' liberties.
On Monday afternoon, Ashcroft received a cordial but critical reception
when he showed up in front of the House Judiciary committee to ask that
members increase telephone and Internet wiretapping and permit police to
indefinitely detain immigrants who are suspected terrorists.
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Wiretap Bill Gets Third Degree
By Declan McCullagh (declan_at_wired.com)
2:00 a.m. Sep. 26, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- President Bush's proposal to permit Internet surveillance
without a court order drew sharp questions from senators on Tuesday.
Members of the Senate Judiciary committee appeared divided over whether the
Mobilization Against Terrorism Act (MATA), which the Justice Department
sent to Congress this week, was a vital anti-terrorism measure or an
infringement of privacy.
It wasn't a partisan split: Left-leaning Dianne Feinstein of California and
conservative icon Chuck Grassley of Iowa both wondered during Tuesday's
hearing whether the administration's bill could be reworked -- just a bit
-- to resolve some of their worries.
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