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anti_terror_laws.sPubDate = "9/30/2004 4:28:16 PM GMT";
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anti_terror_laws.appHeader = "FACT FILE|Controversial security measures";
anti_terror_laws.appDeck = "New and proposed measures in the wake of the<br> Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.";
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anti_terror_laws[i-1].body = "<headline/>        <br>The sweeping anti-terrorism law adopted  Oct. 26, 2001.        <p><li>Expands the FBI's  power to conduct secret searches of private property or homes without informing the owner.        <br><li>Expands FBI access to private records held by a third party, such as credit reports, student records, medical records, financial information.        <br><li>Allows the FBI to conduct secret searches  or wiretap s  on U.S. citizens to obtain evidence of crimes  without showing \"probable cause.\"          <br><li>Expands  an exception to the 4th Amendment for spying that collects information about the origin and destination of communications. This exception, when applied to Internet usage, allows access to far more private detail s  than when applied to traditional communication methods  like telephones or regular mail.  ";

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anti_terror_laws[i-1].body = "<headline/>      <br>The proposed Computer Assisted Passenger Pre-screening System II , designed to perform background checks on all Americans who fly to determine their \"risk\" to airline safety.      <p><li>The system collects extensive personal information on  and scores each flier without disclosure of information or score to fliers, and without public oversight. Critics say the system could evolve into a cradle-to-grave national identity system, sharply curtailing freedoms.      <br><li>Some argue that terrorists could easily evade the system, while all others are sacrificing their freedoms.      <br><li>There are concerns about \"mission creep\", that the sources of data used, places where the system is used, and behavior it is used to screen will grow over time.      <br><li>Contesting a \"score\" will be difficult or impossible given the secrecy of the screening system.      <br><li>Without public oversight, the system is vulnerable to unchecked discrimination on the basis of ethnicity, country of origin, or religion.  ";

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anti_terror_laws[i-1].body = "<headline/>   <br>Draft legislation that was leaked to the press in February aimed at expanding uses of surveillance, wiretapping, detention, and prosecution beyond the Patriot Act. The proposal is unlikely to surface as a whole, but parts of this request are emerging piecemeal.      <p><li>Powers the government sought could likewise be used to target domestic political activists under a broad definition of terrorist.  <br><li>The act further expands surveillance powers, and adds new death penalties, as well as the unprecedented power to revoke U.S. citizenship  --  even of native-born Americans.  <br><li>Company reports on hazards to the community, now open for public examination, would be made off-limits.      <br><li>Erodes the rights of immigrants - including lawful permanent residents - by allowing summary deportations without charges or evidence if the  attorney  general suspects an immigrant may be a national security risk. ";

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