At 09:17 AM 5/14/01 -0400, Declan McCullagh wrote:
>today...
>
>News conference to reintroduce legislation that would classify federal
>officers, including the Immigration and Naturalization Service and Customs
>Service Inspectors, as law enforcement officers and make them eligible for
>early retirement and other benefits accorded other law enforcement
>officers. Participants: Rep. Bob Filner, D-Calif. Location: House
>Triangle, U.S. Capitol. 2:30 p.m. Contact: 202-225-8045 or Don Stanziano,
>619-422-5963
Not to mention giving then the lower burden of proof for arrests and
shootings that peace officers enjoy.
DCF
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For, as long as but a hundred of us remain alive, never will we on any
conditions be brought under English rule. It is in truth not for glory, nor
riches, nor honours that we are fighting, but for freedom -- for that
alone, which no honest man gives up but with life itself. -- The
Declaration of Arbroath 1320
