Letters
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Opinion
WedNEsdAy, NovewbER 7, 2001
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Staff Writer
The new anti-terrorism law does
far more harm than good. The
foundation of America is the rights of
its citizens, the bulk of which have tra
ditionally been immigrants.
By giving law enforcement agents
the authority to conduct secret
searches of homes and businesses just
on suspicion, our freedom is not just
limited, but outright breached. With
out any warning, a special forces unit
could come into your home and ran
sack it, merely on suspicion of an ex
tremely broad range of charges. My
home could be searched just for writ
ing this article because I am bad-
mouthing the government. It may not
be that extreme, and my freedom of
press is not in jeopardy, but it is none
theless frightening.
Law enforcers can now hold non
citizens for as long as seven days with
out charging them or beginning de
portation. That’s quite a leap from the
original 48 hours. My friend’s mother
came here from England and it is pos
sible lor feds to throw her in jail for
nothing other than being English.
The Bill ofRights’ Fourth Amend
ment states, “ The right of people to
be secure in their persons, houses.
right to not publish any letter;
Security cannot be overlooked
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ISAIAH CREEL
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Anti-terrorism law breaches privacy
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papers, and effects, against unreason
able searches and seizures, shall not
be violated and no warrants shall is
sue, but upon probable cause, sup
ported by oath or affirmation and par
ticularly desecrating the place to be
searched and the persons and things
to be seized.” The anti-terrorism bill,
however, also gives en
forcers access to private
information through e-
mail monitoring. They
have created an extremely
controversial system
called Carnivore, which
LUKE MAHAN
Staff Writer
If there is anything we need in
America today, it is security. Over
whelming and unrelenting control
is what the American people are
asking for subconsciously. If we
have any hope of se
curing the land of the
free against future
terrorist attacks or
anything that threat
ens our liberty, we
must take necessary
action.
I think one aspect
of our battle against
the Taliban that is all
too often over
looked is immigra
tion. We need to get
our deportation sys
tem lubed up for
smooth operation so
that all suspected al-Qaida agents
can be shipped off immediately.
Noncitizens also figure into the
equation. Mass investigations
should take place concerning resi
dent aliens, because who knows
what they are up to if they are not
registered voters? I would be
retrieves e-mail ad
dresses through ad
vanced technology. The
real question of safety is
whether or not it obtains
more than e-mail ad
dresses, such as home
addresses or other “se
cure” information. This
information, when used in
conjunction with the “sneak and peek”
authority, could prove quite harmfill
not only to innocent citizens, but for
the law enforcers who will make count
less mistaken judgments.
This new bill is not only ridiculous,
but also demeaning to the foundation
of America.
happy to give my own mother, who
remains a citizen only of England,
up to investigation, as long as I
know that something is being
done.
One method of government con
trol under debate is the use of Car
nivore by law enforcement. Carni
vore is a system used to monitor
e-mails and Internet use. The dis
agreement over using this system
is whether it actually gets more in
formation than just e-mail ad
dresses. But the way I see it, if
you’ve done nothing wrong, then
there is nothing to worry about.
Especially if it helps to get rid of
any would-be saboteurs.
Congress apparently is thinking
along the same vein, since there is a
new federal law which broadens po
lice power, enabling them to search
houses without immediately telling
suspects that their houses have
been searched. Law enforcement can
also detain noncitizens for up to
seven days without charging them.
This is totally rational and neces
sary, since reasons for imprisonment
are overrated anyway,
The government shares my opin
ions, and you’d be best off doing
so too.
Are you more concerned with privacy or the
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"Security, definitely security.
It's scary to think at any point in
time something can blow up."
* 'It depends on the
circumstances. If people are
going to lose lives and stuff, I'm
concerned with security. You
only get one life."
Photos and quotes compiled by
Salena De La Cruz and Maggie
Jirasek
Casey Flynn
Michael Todd
"I want privacy. But I want
security measures to be taken
so stuff like this doesn't
happen."
"Privacy. Peoplejusthavea
right to it I feel privacy is a
form of security."
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