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An article by PETE YOST, The Associated Press, 11/8/01, entitled
"Government proposes rule to eavesdrop on phone calls between lawyers and
clients in terrorist probe", tells how the government has set a new rule
that violates attorney-client confidentiality. Apparently the rule went
into effect before there was an opportunity for public comment. You can
read this latest police state horror story at
http://www.masslive.com/newsflash/index.ssf?/cgi-free/getstory_ssf.cgi?a0784_BC_Attacks-Monitoring&&news&newsflash-washington
[Note: if the above URL is broken into two lines, be sure to include both
if you type it in -- with no spaces.]
Some quotes:
'The government says it can get around attorney-client confidentiality as
it investigates the terrorist attacks by allowing prisons to monitor phone
calls and mail of some of those jailed after Sept. 11.
A rule published Oct. 31 in the Federal Register says the monitoring can
take place when Attorney General John Ashcroft concludes there is
"reasonable suspicion" that the communications are designed to further
terrorist acts. The rule went into effect the day before it became public.
"The immediate implementation of this interim rule without public comment
is necessary to ensure" that the Justice Department "is able to respond to
current intelligence and law enforcement concerns relating to threats to
the national security or risks of terrorism or violent crimes," the new
rule states.'
Oh, O.K. -- I feel so much better now that you explained it. For a minute
there I thought I was in Germany, 1937.
Leon Felkins
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