FC: Congress drafts new "anti-terror" bill -- with expiration date

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Text of the new PATRIOT ("Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept 
and Obstruct Terrorism") Act:
http://www.well.com/~declan/sep11/patriot.act.100101.pdf

Background on other legislation:
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47199,00.html
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/search.pl?topic=legislation

-Declan

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http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47230,00.html

   Eavesdrop Now, Reassess Later?
   By Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com)
   5:00 p.m. Oct. 1, 2001 PDT

   WASHINGTON -- House negotiators have drafted anti-terrorism
   legislation to grant police unprecedented eavesdropping powers that
   would automatically expire in two years.

   Leaders of the House Judiciary committee have crafted a new
   anti-terrorism bill, called the Patriot Act, that includes nearly all
   the surveillance abilities requested by President Bush -- but with a
   sunset date of Dec. 31, 2003. A vote on the bill is expected this
   week.

   A 122-page draft (PDF) of the Patriot Act, obtained by Wired News,
   says that police could conduct Internet wiretaps in some situations
   without court orders, that judges' ability to reject surveillance
   requests would be sharply curtailed, and that the powers of a secret
   federal court would be expanded.

   [...]




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