ACLU Ads Target Ashcroft
If you can get a paper copy of Tuesday's Washington Post or New York Times, you will see full page ads by the ACLU targeting Attorney General John Ashcroft's insatiable demand for increased surveillance and intelligence gathering powers.
"This new advertisement highlights the serious concerns shared by an unlikely alliance that includes groups and individuals as ideologically disparate as the ACLU and well-known conservative Bob Barr." The ad describes examples of the slew of new intelligence gathering and law enforcement powers either asserted unilaterally by the Administration or granted to the President by Congress since September 11, 2001. It also warns against the proposed Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, the Department of Justice's follow-up wish list of expanded powers not granted in the original USA PATRIOT Act.If you don't have access to the paper, you can view the ad here.
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