ACLU to Challenge Patriot Act
The ACLU has announced it will file lawsuits challenging the Patriot Act in Portland, Oregon and Detroit, Michigan. The suit will, among other things, seek to overturn Section 215 of the Patriot Act which grants the FBI greater access to personal and business records under FISA.
Oregon was chosen because Ashcroft has a multi-defendant case pending there that he thinks is solid. One of the defendants is Mike Hawash. Detroit is an area in which the FBI has concentrated its terror war by assigning 50 agents to work with state and local law enforcement agents. The U.S. Attorney has called the war against terror his top priority and has six AUSA's assigned to an anti-terrorism task force.
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