-Caveat Lector- Attacks Shift Balance of Power, Alliances Among Interest Groups By Thomas B. Edsall Washington Post Staff Writer Wednesday, September 19, 2001; Page A06 (SNIP) The calls for an expansion of government surveillance and search powers have united elements of the left and right in opposition. The Senate has already passed legislation making warrants for electronic computer searches easier to obtain, and the administration is preparing a package of proposals that could include encryption restrictions, extended use of facial recognition technology, and facilitated search warrants in terrorism investigations and other matters. The liberal Leadership Conference on Civil Rights and the American Civil Liberties Union and such conservative groups as the Free Congress Foundation and the Gun Owners of America are expected to hold a news conference tomorrow to declare their concerns that increased surveillance initiatives would invade privacy. Separately, the Coalition for Constitutional Liberties, an alliance of 99 conservative groups from right-to-life organizations to property rights groups, warned in a statement: "Our most basic and fundamental freedoms are under attack unlike any time since the Revolutionary Era." Among the issues the coalition will engage: wiretapping, encryption, biometric identification technology, government surveillance and the development of national databases. <A HREF="http://www.ctrl.org/";>www.ctrl.org</A> DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion & informational exchange list. Proselytizing propagandic screeds are unwelcomed. Substance�not soap-boxing�please! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory'�with its many half-truths, mis- directions and outright frauds�is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRLgives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html <A HREF="http://peach.ease.lsoft.com/archives/ctrl.html";>Archives of [EMAIL PROTECTED]</A> http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ <A HREF="http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/";>ctrl</A> ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
