http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A53452-2004Dec9.html9/11 Measure Expands Police Powers --Intelligence Bill Includes Disputed Anti-Terror Moves -Intelligence Bill Includes Disputed Anti-Terror Moves
By Dan Eggen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday, December 10, 2004; Page A01
-The intelligence package that Congress approved this week includes a series of little-noticed measures that would broaden the government's power to conduct terrorism investigations, including provisions to loosen standards for FBI surveillance warrants and allow the Justice Department to more easily detain suspects without bail.
LOVE "LITTLE NOTICED" MEANING WE REFUSED TO COVER THEM UNTIL BILL IS PASSED!
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terror bill worries liberties groups --People indicted on terror charges will have a much harder time getting free on bail under a provision in the new intelligence bill. The provision also broadens the government's authority to spy on terror suspects.
Congress expands use of terrorist watch lists --Anyone who works at an airport or aboard a cruise ship will have his identity checked against government watch lists, just like commercial airline passengers.
Permanent jail set for Guantánamo --Even as federal judges weigh whether the U.S. has the authority to detain and try suspects in the war on terror, the Pentagon is quietly planning for permanency at the U.S. detention center at Guantánamo Bay, The Herald has learned.