NYT: Senators Say Bush Lags on Terror Panel(to oversee privacy, civil rts)

[DeepModem Mom]

Senators Say Bush Lags on Creating Terror Panel
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
Published: May 15, 2005


WASHINGTON, May 14 - 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 in a letter released Friday.

Five months after the board was created, President Bush has yet to name any members or an executive director, and the $750,000 budget for the board proposed by the White House is far less than the budgets of other federal panels, the senators said.

"We urge the White House to take the steps necessary to allow the board to begin functioning effectively as soon as possible," the senators said in a letter to Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff.

The letter was signed by Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who leads the Committee on Homeland Security, and by three Democrats: Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.

The White House said in response to the senators' concerns that Mr. Bush remained committed to giving the board the staffing and resources it would need to monitor and protect civil liberties in the fight against terrorism....


http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/politics/15rights.html

[dbeach]

1. All senators voted for NATL ID..Such posturing...

now they will act like its not a police state ..for your own good...we need it to protect you....

SURE!!

My wife grew up in USSR country..and she loves the USA ..she told me that she never went to church cuz they were watched by KGB..she never owned property..she believed that the US was going to nuke them..she never heard of Pearl Harbor...

most citizens had free ed but worked for the state...

internal checkpoints..."papers please" ect....

[steve2470]

2. Senators Say Bush Lags on Creating Terror Panel

http://www.nytimes.com/2005/05/15/politics/15rights.html?oref=login

WASHINGTON, May 14 - 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 in a letter released Friday.


Five months after the board was created, President Bush has yet to name any members or an executive director, and the $750,000 budget for the board proposed by the White House is far less than the budgets of other federal panels, the senators said.

"We urge the White House to take the steps necessary to allow the board to begin functioning effectively as soon as possible," the senators said in a letter to Andrew H. Card Jr., the White House chief of staff.

The letter was signed by Susan Collins, Republican of Maine, who leads the Committee on Homeland Security, and by three Democrats: Richard J. Durbin of Illinois, Joseph I. Lieberman of Connecticut and Patrick J. Leahy of Vermont.
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[DELUSIONAL]

3. does this surprise any of us who believe that bushie IS

the threat to our peace and safety, civil rights?

Fear is power. Power for the person (or agency) who can cause the fear.

[Solly Mack]

4. They need a panel to be a checks and balance on

things like the Patriot Act and all it's other add-ons? To ensure it doesn't erode privacy and civil rights?



ROFLMAO

Perhaps actually reading something before you vote on it would help more.