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Article: Proposed Anti-Terrorism Laws Draw Tough Questions; Lawmakers Express Concerns to Ashcroft, Other Justice Officials About Threat to Civil Liberties
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- The Washington Post
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- September 25, 2001
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The Bush administration's urgent quest for new anti-terrorism laws
bogged down in Congress yesterday, as lawmakers from both parties
expressed concern that the hastily prepared package could greatly
expand police powers at the expense of privacy and other civil
liberties.
At a hearing of the House Judiciary Committee, skeptical members
confronted Attorney General John D. Ashcroft and other senior Justice
Department officials on a number of administration proposals,
including one that would permit the indefinite detention without
trial of immigrants suspected of ties to terrorist groups.
They also complained that the administration is trying to force