IP: Congress works through weekend on anti-terrorism bill

[David Farber <dave@farber.net>]

> Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 17:33:41 -0400
> From: Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>
>
> http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47199,00.html
>
>    Anti-Terror Bill Not Done Yet
>    By Declan McCullagh (declan@wired.com)
>    2:00 a.m. Sep. 29, 2001 PDT
>
>    WASHINGTON -- Negotiators are meeting through the weekend to decide
>    whether hacking offenses and electronic surveillance will be part of a
>    landmark anti-terrorism bill.
>
>    Only a few days remain before preliminary votes on the "Anti-Terrorism
>    Act" (ATA) are scheduled to take place, and it's anything but clear
>    what portions will stay intact.
>
>    Currently, the bill -- drafted by the Bush administration -- would add
>    computer hacking to the list of federal terrorism offenses punishable
>    by life imprisonment, and rewrite wiretapping and Internet
>    eavesdropping laws. Other portions that have raised concerns would
>    give police more power to arrest and detain immigrants.
>
>    [...]



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