In a surprise move, the US Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on the SAFE Act (S-1709) this Wednesday, September 22, at 10am EST. The SAFE Act, authored by Senators Larry Craig of Idaho and Richard Durbin of Illinois, both increases the effectiveness of antiterrorism efforts and protects the civil liberties of law-abiding U.S. citizens and residents. It is a bi-partisan bill supported by Republicans and Democrats that, among other things, restores protections for the privacy of bookstore and library records that were eliminated by Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.
via Eli at info-commons-blog: SAFE Act Hearing tomorrow , ALAWON and BORDC ... click above to see if your Senator is on the Judiciary Committee. Phone numbers are given - time to call is now.
I would be interested in seeing sources explaining how a bill that would place restrictions on law enforcement is somehow also intended to "increase the effectiveness of antiterrorism efforts"?
Is this not perhaps just empty rhetoric?
Posted by: Jack Stephens | September 22, 2004 at 11:17 PM