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...Murray painted a dire picture of the Patriot Act’s implications, citing secret subpoenas of personal records, unreported searches by campus police, an abolition of due-cause requirements for apprehension and creation of “magic lantern” software that secretly reports e-mail content and Internet usage information back to government sources...
Citing what she called an “extreme example” of the Patriot Act’s effects within a university environment, Murray recounted 120 federal agents’ 4 a.m. raid on dormitories at the University of Idaho last winter to apprehend the president of the student Islamic society and round up 20 other international students on suspicion of subversive activity...
...Murray compared Attorney General John Ashcroft’s sensibilities to those of J. Edgar Hoover—but added that technology has made the pursuit of unreasonable search and seizures easier for Ashcroft than for his infamous predecessor...
Although the government established the Patriot Act to counteract terrorist activity, Murray said the expanded powers it grants governmental officials have been used to investigate far pettier crimes, violating the rights of suspected criminals...
Many of the legislation’s initial provisions will expire in December 2004, and Murray said she believes much of the Patriot Act will go unrenewed. The legislation is beginning to elicit strong criticism across governmental and partisan lines, she said...