Background on the final USA Act v3.0, which expands wiretapping and
surveillance:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02707.html
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/search.pl?topic=legislation
President Bush's statement that he looks forward to signing the bill:
http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/10/20011024-4.html
Sen. Patrick Leahy applauds the bill, congratulating the Senate on expected
approval today:
http://www.senate.gov/~leahy/press/200110/102401.html
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http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/10/25/0423207&mode=thread
The House of Representatives voted on Wednesday for a
revised "USA Act" anti-terrorism bill that expands wiretapping and
surveillance. You can see the 400 KB final text and the vote counts.
Note that two weeks ago, the House approved the bill by a 339 by 79
vote and gave it a five-year expiration date. Then the Senate decided
to get persnickety and demanded that anti-financial privacy "money
laundering" sections must be added, insisted that the expiration date
be shortened to four years, and so on. The doughty defenders of
liberty in the House reponded by approving the rewritten, expanded
bill by -- a 357 to 66 vote. Translation: Making the bill more
Draconian, onerous, and nasty convinced precisely 13 more politicos to
vote for the revised version. How pleasant.
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News Advisory
For immediate
release Contact:
Jeff Lungren
October 24,
2001
202-225-2492
House Passes Anti-terrorism Legislation
Sensenbenner Urges Senate Action Today
WASHINGTON, D.C. - The House today passed anti-terrorism legislation by a
357-66 margin. H.R. 3162, introduced by House Judiciary Committee Chairman
F. James Sensenbrenner, Jr. (R-Wis.), is expected to be considered by the
Senate today or tomorrow and then sent to President Bush for his signature.
"Today, the House came together in a bipartisan manner to pass landmark
anti-terrorism legislation which provides federal law enforcement and
intelligence agencies the tools they need to combat the scourges of
international and domestic terrorism. Our country remains vulnerable to
terrorism and our President needs this bill to fight the clear and present
danger posed by Al Queda and other terrorist organizations," said Chairman
Sensenbrenner.
"I have heard that certain Senators have placed holds on this
anti-terrorism bill to press their own parochial issues. This is the time
to dispense with business as usual. It is time for leadership; I urge the
Senate to pass this legislation today."
[Does Sensenbrenner mean dispensing with "business as usual" by not holding
hearings on the bill, perhaps? Or perhaps he wants to reject "parochial"
issues like concerns over privacy, maybe? --Declan]
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