Word: barres
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This is wartime, the President reminds us. The usual rules do not apply. Fair enough. But what worries some people, ranging from Bush's persistent critics at the ACLU to conservative New York Times columnist William Safire to uber-conservative U.S. Rep. Bob Barr, is this administration's propensity for overstepping centuries-old legislative procedures in the name of national security...
...through e-mail and detain or deport foreigners--don't just offend the A.C.L.U. Cynicism about government power is now the folk culture of the American right. In Congress, one of the first members to question Ashcroft's plans was Georgia's state-of-the-art conservative Representative Bob Barr. "We cannot and must not," he said, "allow our constitutional freedoms to become victims of these violent attacks...
...former Senator, Ashcroft is well aware that in 1995, in the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, bipartisan antiterrorism proposals much like the ones he just introduced were defeated in the House by Barr and Michigan's John Conyers Jr., the liberals' liberal. It was a strange-bedfellows alliance that has come back to life. This time, more than 150 organizations from left and right have organized an umbrella group, In Defense of Freedom, that may be the first umbrella that Phyllis Schlafly's Eagle Forum has ever shared with the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. As head...
...Judiciary Committee, has issued a package of alternative proposals that could also provide a basis for compromise. Hearings on Ashcroft's legislation are scheduled for this week not only by Leahy's mostly moderate committee but also by the argumentative House Judiciary Committee, a body divided between conservatives like Barr and Henry Hyde and ultraliberals like Conyers and Barney Frank. Then again, there may not be that many arguments. This is one issue on which left and right are joining hands...
Critics counter that there must be other, less intrusive ways to make intersections safer, such as lengthening the yellow light or adding turn lanes. "I object to this fixation we have with cameras and electronically gathered information," says Barr. "It places too much confidence in technology." That confidence, as Washington residents have learned, can be misplaced. The city removed one camera last May that had generated more than 19,000 tickets at a particularly confusing intersection. In San Diego, faulty sensors made drivers appear to be going faster than they really were. The city suspended the system in July, pending...