Terror War Wins
There were two wins Wednesday in the War on Terror: A Senate subcommittee killed the Total Information Awareness Program (TIA) and Attorney General John Ashcroft reversed himself and agreed to release data on searches of library records.
It's a nice start, but we won't be satisfied until Ashcroft agrees to release the data on the FBI and Justice Department's use of FISA search and electronic surveillance warrants. So far it has only released the number of warrants sought and obtained. We have no indication of whether the warrants were needed or useful. That's something Congress needs to know in order to determine whether to continue the broad expanse of Patriot Act powers.
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