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President Bush's anti-terrorism policies are about to come under fire from a somewhat unlikely source: A federal advisory panel headed by a former Republican Party chairman is set to rap the President's knuckles this week when it issues a report criticizing the administration for failing to develop a comprehensive, pro-active anti-terror strategy more than two years after the 9/11 attacks...
...Headed by former Virginia governor Jim Gilmore, the Advisory Panel to Assess Domestic Response Capabilities for Terrorism Involving Weapons of Mass Destruction voices concern, in its draft report, that civil liberties are getting too little attention as new security measures are proposed. It also cites a ?need for the White House to take more of an aggressive role as a more forward-looking body,? said a source familiar with the panel's work. ?If they're doing it, they're doing it in such a superficial or under-the-radar fashion that that it did not become apparent...
...advisory panel will also recommend that the President name a bipartisan civil liberties oversight board - drawing members from across the political spectrum, academia and the private sector - to assess the impact on civil liberties of anti-terror measures such as the Patriot Act and proposals to strengthen it. The report suggests that greater oversight is required for any use of U.S. spy satellites on targets inside the United States, and that legislation may be required to set the rules. Since September 11, the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency's spy satellites have been increasingly pointed inside U.S. borders in support...
...panel will also recommend that the Terrorist Threat Integration Center be established as an independent agency, and urges that the ongoing spending of billions of dollars on anti-terror and homeland security measures at all levels of government and in the private sector needs to be guided by an overall strategy...
...panel discussion went forward as planned, sponsored officially only by the HRC and the Harvard Foundation for Intercultural and Race Relations. Harvard Foundation Advisory Board member and Senior Admissions Officer David L. Evans moderated the event...