CNN: Justice Department decries 'terrorist tipoff' amendment

[salin]

Justice Department decries 'terrorist tipoff' amendment:

House, however, calls secret searches the 'sneak-and-peek' law

From Terry Frieden
CNN Producer
Saturday, July 26, 2003 Posted: 12:44 PM EDT (1644 GMT)

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- The Justice Department blasted the House of Representatives for voting to end what many lawmakers call the "sneak-and-peek" law, which allows law enforcement to secretly search homes of suspected terrorists.

Justice, in turn, has labeled the measure passed by the House to end the practice the "terrorist tipoff" amendment.

The department sent a four-page unsigned letter on Friday to House Speaker Dennis Hastert, which signaled it intends to fight the congressional effort to dismiss the law that allows delayed notification of search warrants in certain cases.

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Justice officials are notably upset about new advertisements from the American Civil Liberties Union that include the assertion the law "allows government agents to secretly search your house and not even tell you."

The ACLU is trumpeting the House vote as "overwhelmingly bipartisan congressional repudiation of anti-privacy and anti-civil liberties provisions of a controversial law."

More: http://www.cnn.com/2003/ALLPOLITICS/07/26/tipoff.amendment/index.html

Guess Ashcroft didn't like the House actions too much, eh... He really seems to resent being portrayed as the power-hungry frightening BigBrother figure that he seems to be.

[lumpy]

1. Time to contact your Rep.

Our civil rights have to be protected or 'freedom' is out the door.

[Democat]

2. Justice Department wants to replace terrorists as your worst enemy

Terrorists aren't doing half as good a job of destroying this country as the Justice Department is. Who should we be more scared of?

[ChillEB]

3. Hey Johnnie

:nopity:

Cry me a river, asshole...