The aluminum foil hat folks have to be loving this.
The FBI on Thursday won additional powers to conduct domestic counterterrorism surveillance that critics said could trample on Americans' constitutional rights.A quarter century after the government imposed guidelines to curtail domestic spying, Attorney General John Ashcroft announced changes to lift FBI restrictions on conducting surveillance of public gatherings, religious and political organizations and surfing the Internet as part of the government's response to Sept. 11 attacks.
I know that there are a lot of people who aren't worried about this because they trust Bush and Ashcroft not to abuse this power. Whether they are right or wrong in that trust is irrelevant. What about the next guys to hold those offices? Or the ones after them? Would you trust Nixon with this kind of authority?
Posted by Rich at May 31, 2002 12:58 AM