Word: ervin
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...early 1973, well before the Ervin committee hearings, O'Neill told Speaker Carl Albert to prepare for impeachment proceedings. "Not being a lawyer...
...Ervin said that in recent years the government has abused its powers to collect personal information on individuals and that the introduction of computer data banks allows a "thousandfold increase in the ability of the government to store and disseminate information" on individuals...
...Ervin said that the Privacy Act of 1974, which limits the government's ability to collect and disseminate information without either the individual's approval or a court warrant as "an important victory for freedom in the endless war with tyranny to insure its own survival...
...Ervin said that he favored further action to create a federal commission on privacy, with the power to create and enforce regulations limiting government surveillance...
While the government's ability to pry should be curtailed, no restrictions should be placed on the press, Ervin said...