New Post-9/11 Regulations Take Effect
The Bush administration is planning to propose that Internet service providers help build a centralized system to enable broad monitoring of the Internet and, potentially, surveillance of its users. This is one of many regulations contained in a new report by the Office of Management and Budget outlining post-9/11 regulations .
"Communications between inmates and their attorneys are monitored more closely. Authorities can detain illegal immigrants longer. And airline passengers are paying new fees and waiting while their baggage is screened. These are just a few of the 58 significant new federal regulations installed in response to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, a complete list of which is included in a report released yesterday by the Office of Management and Budget."
"Some changes prompted critics to complain of inappropriate curbs on civil liberties and unfair treatment of immigrants. Others said the government needs to do more to make the country less vulnerable to attack. Angela Kelley, deputy director of the National Immigration Forum, an immigrants rights group, said many of the new restrictions on immigrants were too onerous, including measures requiring registration and fingerprinting of some immigrants by the Immigration and Naturalization Service."
You can view the report here, but be forewarned, it's 163 pages.
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