Create an Account
username: password:
 
  MemeStreams Logo

RE: Too Much Power

search


RE: Too Much Power
by flynn23 at 9:59 am EST, Jan 5, 2004

Rattle wrote:
] The FBI now has more power to compel ... with no court
] oversight
and in nearly total secrecy.
]
] Congress should be finding ways to curtail the use [of
] authority], not expand it.
]
] Now, to issue a national security letter, the FBI merely has
] to certify that the information is "relevant" to a national
] security investigation.
]
] This is more unchecked power than the agency ought to have ...
]
]
] ... Congress has taken action that really is worth worrying
] about
.

]
]
] I'm not sure this was "Patriot II", but I think it reveals
] what the strategy is for "Patriot II" is.. Do it slowly,
] redefine one thing at a time, and we will not notice or think
] it is significant.

Does anyone have the voting record for this bill? I've looked on Thomas, but can't seem to find it. Googling also has revealed nothing.

RE: Too Much Power


 
 
Powered By Industrial Memetics