jake's mom

11.17.2005

I *heart* Civil Liberties?

Please help these Senators!
A bipartisan group of senators told congressional leaders Thursday they will try to block reauthorization of the Patriot Act to protest the elimination of Senate-pushed protections against "unnecessary and intrusive government surveillance" in a House-Senate compromise.

They complained that the House-Senate compromise now being considered takes back some civil liberty protections that senators had agreed to, including changing a Senate requirement that the government inform the targets of a "sneak and peek" search warrant within seven to 30 days.
"Sneak and peek" search warrants allow police to conduct secret searches of people's homes or businesses and inform them later.

"We cannot support a conference report that would eliminate the modest protections for civil liberties that were agreed to unanimously in the Senate," they said.

It's about time someone besides Feingold stepped up to the plate on this one.
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