US - Justice Act aims to restore civil liberties.


	US - Justice Act aims to restore civil liberties.

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10-3-2009 7:56 AM

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10-3-2009 10:41 AM

The Infowarrior

Sounds great, I'll be keeping an eye on this one.

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The bill reins in the  government's spying powers by:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><U>Protecting the privacy of  records.</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><P><U>Protecting the privacy of  communications.</U></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><U>Protecting the privacy of homes and  businesses.</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><U>Protecting First Amendment  rights.</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><U>Targeting  terror prosecutions on those who intend to help terrorists.</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><U>Holding  companies responsible for conspiring with the government to break the  law.</U></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.alternet.org/story/143018/no_more_unlawful_government_spying%3A_pass_the_justice_act_now%21"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">The  JUSTICE Act will reverse last year's congressional grant of immunity to  telecommunications companies that unlawfully turned over Americans' private  communications to the government without a warrant compelling them do so.  Consumers will be able to seek redress  in the courts to prevent this from happening in the future. </LI></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/2FCCBCF1-0E9A-4114-BE60-EDDCE84ED47D/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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