[Peace] Fwd: 10-08-01 -- ACLU Action Update: Oppose New Extreme Senate Terrorism Bill!

[Stuart Laird]

>TO: ACLU Action Network Members
>FR: Angela Colaiuta, National Field Organizer
>DT: October 8, 2001
>
>In a dramatic departure from the anti-terrorism bill adopted by the House 
>Judiciary Committee, Senate leaders have introduced the "Uniting and 
>Strengthening America (USA) Act" (S.1510), a bill that would significantly 
>undermine many of the freedoms that Americans hold dear.  It is likely 
>that this legislation will be rushed onto the Senate floor this week 
>without any committee review.
>
>Among the bill's most troubling provisions are measures that would give 
>the government the authority to spy on its own people, enable the Attorney 
>General unlimited authority to incarcerate non-citizens, and allow the 
>government to expand its use of secret searches.
>
>Take Action!  Don't allow Congress to abandon our cherished constitutional 
>safeguards during this time of national crisis.  You can read more about 
>this legislation and send a FREE FAX to your Senators from our action alert at:
>
>http://www.aclu.org/action/usa107.html