Return-Path: <sentto-279987-2020-1000825464-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:06:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 4524 invoked by uid 510); 18 Sep 2001 15:04:51 -0000 Received: from n31.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.81) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 15:04:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-2020-1000825464-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.54] by hp.egroups.com with NNFMP; 18 Sep 2001 15:04:24 -0000 X-Sender: fc@big.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_2); 18 Sep 2001 15:04:24 -0000 Received: (qmail 48530 invoked from network); 18 Sep 2001 15:04:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.142) by l8.egroups.com with QMQP; 18 Sep 2001 15:04:24 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO big.all.net) (65.0.156.78) by mta3 with SMTP; 18 Sep 2001 15:04:24 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by big.all.net (8.9.3/8.7.3) id IAA03028 for iwar@onelist.com; Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:04:24 -0700 Message-Id: <200109181504.IAA03028@big.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL1] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:04:24 -0700 (PDT) Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: [iwar] [fc:Ashcroft.Wants.Quick.Action.On.Broader.Wiretapping.Plan] Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit New York Times September 18, 2001 Ashcroft Wants Quick Action On Broader Wiretapping Plan By Philip Shenon WASHINGTON, Sept. 17 - Attorney General John Ashcroft said today that he would press Congress to vote this week on a package of counterterrorism measures that would dramatically expand the ability of the Justice Department to place wiretaps on telephones and computer terminals. Under intense pressure to move quickly on antiterrorism legislation in response to the deadly attacks in New York and at the Pentagon, lawmakers said the House and Senate Judiciary Committees would debate the administration's proposals as soon as Congress reconvened on Thursday, pushing aside other business. "We've cleared our calendar," said Mimi Devlin, a spokesman for the Senate committee. Mr. Ashcroft said at a news conference today that the Justice Department planned to complete the draft legislation by Wednesday and would present it immediately to Congress for a vote. Although many details of the proposal have not been revealed, Mr. Ashcroft said the administration would call for new authority to conduct roving wiretaps, allowing law enforcement officials to eavesdrop on terrorist suspects who moved from phone to phone, rather than eavesdropping on a specific phone. The proposals were also expected to include new powers for the Justice Department to fight money laundering, tougher penalties for those who harbor terrorists and removal of the statute of limitations, or deadlines, for prosecuting terrorists. Civil rights advocates said they were alarmed by the administration's demand that Congress move so quickly to approve measures that, they warned, could severely curtail the right to privacy. "Some of these proposals would seem to involve a fundamental rewriting of the wiretap laws," said James X. Dempsey of the Center for Democracy and Technology. "We need deliberate, open scrutiny by the legislative process." Laura W. Murphy of the American Civil Liberties Union said, "We cannot let our grief and anger overwhelm our democracy. Now is the time for the people's representatives to be even more thoughtful and deliberative than usual." Despite Mr. Ashcroft's request for approval of the package this week, Congressional officials said lawmakers were not likely to move that quickly, especially in the Senate. The chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Patrick J. Leahy, Democrat of Vermont, is a leading Congressional advocate of privacy rights. In an interview today, Senator Leahy promised quick action on the administration's plan but said there would be a careful review of the proposals. "If some of the terrorism penalties are not sufficient, that's easy to change," he said. But he added that "the biggest mistake we could make" was for Congress to conclude that the terrorism threat was so great because of last week's attacks "that we don't need the Constitution." In his news conference, Mr. Ashcroft insisted that the department was being sensitive to privacy rights as it hurriedly drafted the legislation. "We are mindful of our responsibility to protect the rights and privacy of Americans," he said, adding, however, that "we want to make sure that our laws convey the seriousness of the crime of terrorism." Mr. Ashcroft, a former senator, has told lawmakers that the Justice Department needs the package approved this week, though lawmakers will be away until Thursday to observe the Jewish holiday Rosh Hashana. "We call upon the Congress of the United States to enact these important antiterrorism measures this week," he said. "We need these tools to fight the terrorism threat which exists in the United States." ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Do you need to encrypt all your online transactions? Secure corporate intranets? Authenticate your Web sites? 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