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Article: Watch-list 'justice'; Liberal overreach on guns, terror.(OPED)
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- The Washington Times (Washington, DC)
- Article date:
- April 11, 2005
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Byline: John R. Lott, Jr. and Sonya D. Jones, SPECIAL TO THE WASHINGTON TIMES
Should people lose rights because they are sympathetic to, but do not actually help, terrorist groups? Should law enforcement and not judges be the arbiter of those sympathizers who should be placed on "watch lists"?
In Senate hearings on renewing the Patriot Act last week, Democratic Senators Ted Kennedy and Charles Schumer said the answer to both questions was "yes." Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and FBI Director Robert Mueller were grilled over a report showing that 35 gun purchases during the first half of last year were made by people on terrorist "watch lists," and ...