[FYI] Fwd) FC: DC update: Congress may not rush on Bush's MATA anti

["Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>]

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Date sent:      	Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:42:33 -0400
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Congress Weighs Anti-Terror Bill
By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
2:00 a.m.  Sep. 25, 2001 PDT

WASHINGTON -- Few would have predicted it in the immediate aftermath
of the Sept. 11 attacks, but Congress is not rushing to enact sweeping
anti-terrorism laws.

Instead of acquiescing to Attorney General John Ashcroft's request for
such laws immediately -- Ashcroft was hoping for final votes by last
Saturday -- legislators seem to be carefully weighing how new laws
will affect Americans' liberties.

On Monday afternoon, Ashcroft received a cordial but critical
reception when he showed up in front of the House Judiciary committee
to ask that members increase telephone and Internet wiretapping and
permit police to indefinitely detain immigrants who are suspected
terrorists.

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http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47111,00.html

Wiretap Bill Gets Third Degree
By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
2:00 a.m.  Sep. 26, 2001 PDT

WASHINGTON -- President Bush's proposal to permit Internet
surveillance without a court order drew sharp questions from senators
on Tuesday.

Members of the Senate Judiciary committee appeared divided over
whether the Mobilization Against Terrorism Act (MATA), which the
Justice Department sent to Congress this week, was a vital
anti-terrorism measure or an infringement of privacy.

It wasn't a partisan split: Left-leaning Dianne Feinstein of
California and conservative icon Chuck Grassley of Iowa both wondered
during Tuesday's hearing whether the administration's bill could be
reworked -- just a bit -- to resolve some of their worries.

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