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Harvard has loudly criticized the Patriot Act and the “culture of secrecy” that Kevin Casey, Harvard’s senior director of federal and state relations, has said it promotes. Dean of the School of Public Health Barry R. Bloom has also been critical of the legislation and the way it curbs the dissemination of some scientific information. He has said, “The greatest threat is putting restrictions on knowledge...
...Patriot League Challenge, Klein posted a two day total of 147—the lowest score for any golfer in the field. The victory was Klein’s first of the year—third of his career—and made for a special sendoff for the senior...
...President has gone out of his way to take the spotlight off the Attorney General at high-profile law-enforcement-related events. It was Ashcroft's former deputy, Larry Thompson, now a visiting law professor at the University of Georgia, who joined Bush at a recent event promoting the Patriot Act in Buffalo, N.Y. And the White House prevailed upon Thompson to sit near Ashcroft during his testimony before the 9/11 commission in an attempt to soften the Attorney General's hard edge with commission members, who have grown contemptuous of his imperious manner and methods. Thompson, an African American...
...CHARGE: While wiretaps, subpoena powers and surveillances are routinely used against drug dealers and organized crime, Kerry would now repeal the Patriot Act's use of these tools against terrorists. --BUSH-CHENEY campaign advertisement...
...CONTEXT: Senator Kerry does not oppose antiterrorism measures, as implied by this TV spot. Nor does he advocate repealing the Patriot Act. He does, however, argue that it provides insufficient judicial oversight of surreptitious searches conducted by domestic security agencies. The ad also charges that "fellow liberals" cajoled Kerry into watering down the Patriot Act. Whether or not Kerry was pressured by "liberals," the fact is some Republicans too would like to see checks on law-enforcement powers covered by the act. Indeed, legislation Kerry has co-sponsored to that end, which seeks "reasonable limitations on surveillance and the issuance...