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IP: Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado
From: David Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 12:00:22 -0400
From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com> Subject: Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado Sender: owner-cryptography () wasabisystems com http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/03/national/03WEST.html?todaysheadlines=&pagewanted=print October 3, 2001 Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado By TIMOTHY EGAN OLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. 2 - The people who live under the formidable jaw of Pikes Peak like their churches, houses and cars big, and their government small. They send a steady flow of Republicans east, and do not expect much to come west, unless it is tax cuts or farm subsidies. So to many it has come as a surprise, bordering on outrage, that a government thought to be safely controlled by like-minded conservatives is trying to expand the power and size of the federal policing authority, increase surveillance and wiretapping powers, even consider proposals for national identification cards. "Here it comes - our government trying to take away freedoms again in the name of a national emergency," said Ted Adamovich, a 53-year-old resident of Colorado Springs. "They can put a little more surveillance in airports, but beyond that - no. Let them try to make me sign up for a national ID card. I dare them." Mr. Adamovich says he bleeds red, white and blue, and has been consistently loyal to one party. "I'm Republican, for now," he said. "But if they push this stuff, who knows where I'll end up."
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