Word: askin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...judge asked attorney Frank Askin of the American Civil Liberties Union how the practice differs from a newsman gathering and writing a story...
...doesn't, Askin answered, "except for computerized data for instant retrieval...
...burden upon the exercise of First Amendment Rights, argues civil liberties lawyer Frank Askin ( Stanford Law Review, Jan., 1970), that can be expected to deter their exercise constitutes an infringement of those rights. The more cautious and discreet may be discouraged from engaging in protest activities by government surveillance and the maintenance of dossiers on those who engage in active protest against government institutions and policies...
...Pyle's concerning the Army's intelligence operations in the "continental United States" raise serious questions about the Army's role in domestic politics. The judge who dismissed the ACLU suit claimed that Army maintenance of files was no different than maintenance of files by a newspaper. Frank Askin, arguing for the plaintiffs, observed that no newspaper also possessed weapons or other means of force to deploy against whoever was on file. The right of the Army to operate data banks for the surveillance of private citizens is a questionable one and ought to be challenged...