House Republican leaders seek to expand Patriot Act [priv]

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

Via Secrecy News...


ANTI-TERRORISM INTELLIGENCE TOOLS IMPROVEMENT ACT

Most recent legislative initiatives concerning domestic
anti-terrorism activity have been aimed at curtailing or
refining the surveillance authorities that were previously
granted in the USA Patriot Act.

But two influential House Committee chairmen have introduced a
bill that would expand and reinforce those authorities.

The "Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act" (H.R.
3179) would provide new penalties for violating the
non-disclosure provisions of so-called "national security
letters"; provide for judicial enforcement of requests for
information under such national security letters; and
facilitate the use of information collected under the Foreign
Intelligence Surveillance Act in immigration proceedings.

The bill was introduced on September 25 by Rep. James
Sensenbrenner, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, and Rep.
Porter Goss, chair of the House Intelligence Committee.  See:

     http://www.fas.org/irp/congress/2003_cr/hr3179.html
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