Reply #24: Worrisome? You bet your ass.

[democratic wing]

An article from 2002 with Chertoff extolling the virtues of domestic spying at a Fascist Society (or Federalist Sociey,if you're into Orwell-speak) meeting. Viet Dinh was the primary author of the Patriot Act;Chertoff had a hand in it too. :puke:

"Two top Justice Department officials Friday defended the need for government agencies to aggregate large amounts of personal information in computer databases for both law enforcement and national security purposes.

Speaking on two separate panels about privacy and civil liberties at the Federalist Society, Assistant Attorney Generals Viet Dinh and Michael Chertoff both said information is a key weapon in combating terrorism.

Chertoff, head of the criminal division and a key drafter of last year's major anti-terrorism law, said in a Friday morning panel that critics of Bush administration's civil liberties record are overstating their case."


http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/1102/111502td1.htm