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Bush lags on privacy rights

According to this article, "The White House has been slow to establish an oversight board charged with ensuring that the government's campaign against terrorism does not erode privacy and civil rights, a bipartisan group of senators said."

"Timothy Edgar, legislative counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union, said the White House's lack of action reflects a resistance to aggressive monitoring of civil liberties in the face of public concern about the government's use of data mining, toughened immigration controls, expanded surveillance powers and a host of other counterterrorism measures."

Of course, none of this is surprising... what is surprising is the public's continued lack of concern. I wish Bush respected the 4th amendment as much as he does the 2nd.

posted by Dave @ 1:20 PM