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Senate Concerned Over Justice Department's DSEA
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Posted by: TotalRecall
Wired.com is running a story on the Senate's reaction to the US DoJ's leaked proposal:
Unlike its hastily passed predecessor, the Justice Department's wide-ranging follow-up to the Patriot Act of 2001 is already facing intense scrutiny, just days after a civil rights group posted a leaked version of the legislation on its website.
The legislation, nicknamed Patriot II, would broadly expand the government's surveillance and detention powers. Among other measures, it calls for the creation of a terrorist DNA database and allows the attorney general to revoke citizenship of those who provide "material support" to terrorist groups.
Privacy advocates said the bill "gutted the Fourth Amendment," while prominent Democratic senators, including Patrick Leahy, ranking Democratic member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, immediately chastised the administration for its secrecy.
The more I read on this, the more I fear what future plans the DoJ has. Luckily, the act doesn't look like it's going to get much further, and a review of the first Patriot Act is in the minds of many.
Posted by: Gunslinger
Don't you just love it when ambiguous terms such as 'material support' get passed into law -- or at least attempt to get passed?
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