[CLUE-Talk] FBI Gets Broad Domestic Spy Powers

[Jeffery Cann]

The latest in the land grab for your personal rights, thanks to John 'Facist' 
Ascroft, et al.,

"In a move aimed at averting another Sept. 11, Attorney General John Ashcroft 
freed the FBI to monitor Internet sites, libraries, churches and political 
organizations, calling restrictions on domestic surveillance ``a competitive 
advantage for terrorists.''"

Whatever.  My gripe about this announcement is the incredible lack of checks 
and balances.  What's to stop over zealous FBI field agents from pursing / 
harassing / building 'files' on folks considered out of the norm?

I agree with James X. Dempsey, deputy director of the Center for Democracy 
and Technology:

"They are using the terrorism crisis as a cover for a wide range of changes, 
some of which have nothing to do with terrorism.''

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