Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Madison Area Peace Coalition E-mails Description An account of the resource The Madison Area Peace Coalition (MAPC) formed fourteen days after the September 11 attacks to oppose (among other goals) the use of U.S. military, economic, or political force – whether direct or proxy, overt or covert -- "that violates the sovereignty or human rights of any nation or people." The Archive has assembled here e-mails exchanges from MAPC dating from the group's founding until late November 2001. September 11 Email September 11 Email: Body The basic content, as unstructured text; sometimes containing a signature block at the end. The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider its anti- terrorism bill, the PATRIOT Act (H.R. 2975), today. [which was Friday - Baldwin voted against it] EPIC Volume 8.20 October 12, 2001 Published by the Electronic Privacy Information Center (EPIC) Washington, D.C. Senate Approves Broad Anti-Terrorism Legislation The U.S. Senate approved far-reaching anti-terrorism legislation late last night, rejecting efforts to limit the measure's impact on the privacy and civil liberties of American citizens.  The Uniting and Strengthening America Act (S. 1510) was the product of negotiations between the Justice Department and the Senate leadership. In an unusual departure from normal legislative procedure, the bill was sent directly to the full Senate without any debate or consideration by the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Sen. Russell Feingold (D-WI) and other colleagues, including Paul Wellstone (D-MI) and Maria Cantwell (D-WA), unsuccessfully attempted to have the Senate vote on three amendments designed to minimize the impact on civil liberties.  "What have we come to when we don't have either committee or Senate deliberation or amendments on an issue of this importance?" Feingold asked.  "Each of us cares as much as anyone in this room about the fight against terrorism, but we want to make sure we don't go beyond that goal and intrude on our civil liberties."  The unamended bill was approved by a 96-to-1 vote, with Feingold dissenting. The Senate bill contains most of the controversial provisions contained in the initial Justice Department anti-terrorism proposal, including: - Expansion of "pen register" authority to Internet communications, permitting law enforcement monitoring of "routing" and "addressing" information upon a mere showing of "relevance" to an investigation with virtually no judicial oversight.  This new authority will likely increase use of the FBI's Carnivore system. - Authorization of "roving wiretaps" for intelligence surveillance, allowing the issuance of "generic" court orders that could be served on any communications facility (including universities and public libraries) that a surveillance target might use. - Approval of government monitoring (without judicial authorization) of the communications of "computer trespassers," even in some circumstances where the affected user has permission to use the computer system. -  Authorization of searches without notification to the targeted individual ("secret searches"), in effect allowing police break-ins to private homes and offices. - Relaxation of existing limitations on the sharing of surveillance and other information between law enforcement and intelligence agencies, removing long- standing protections designed to prevent government investigative abuses. The House of Representatives is scheduled to consider its anti- terrorism bill, the PATRIOT Act (H.R. 2975), today. That measure was approved by the House Judiciary Committee after deliberations that marginally limited some of the most expansive powers contained in the Justice Department proposal. The House bill, for instance, does not contain a "secret search" provision. Significantly, it contains a "sunset" clause that would terminate new surveillance authorities in two years unless they are reauthorized by Congress.  The administration is attempting to have the House consider the Senate bill in lieu of the legislation drafted by the House Judiciary Committee. The Senate anti-terrorism bill (S. 1510) is available at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/s1510.html The House anti-terrorism bill (H.R. 2975) (PDF) is available at: http://www.house.gov/judiciary/hr2975terrorismbill.pdf EPIC's analysis of the original Justice Department proposal (the Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001) is available at: http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/ATA_analysis.html ____________________________________________ East Timor Action Network field organizer   ETAN field office Social Justice Center office 608-663-5431                         1202 Williamson St cell 608-347-4598                           Madison, WI 53703 home 608-255-4598                           fax 608-227-0141 Check out these internet sites! the East Timor Action Network/US http://www.etan.org Madison, WI - East Timor projects http://www.aideasttimor.org Madison's Social Justice Center http://www.socialjusticecenter.org "Independence is not about having a flag, a president, a parliament, a government. Independence must imply, year by year, gradual change in the life of the entire population of Timor Lorosa'e. If we fail to effect change in the daily life of the people, independence will be a meaningless concept, all our sacrifices throughout the years of the struggle will be in vain. And not one of us will allow this to occur." -Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão September 11 Email: Date The local time and date when the message was written. Saturday, October 13, 2001 7:09 PM September 11 Email: To The email addresses, and optionally names of the message's recipients x September 11 Email: From The email address, and optionally the name of the author. x September 11 Email: CC The email addresses of those who received the message addressed primarily to another. NULL September 11 Email: Subject A brief summary of the topic of the message. [MAPC-policy] Anti-Terrorism Legislation Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [MAPC-policy] Anti-Terrorism Legislation 911DA Item Elements describing a September 11 Digital Archive item. Status The process status of this item. approved Consent Whether September 11 Digital Archive has permission to possess this item. unknown Posting Whether the contributor gave permission to post this item. yes Copyright Whether the contributor holds copyright to this item. yes Source The source of this item. born-digital Media Type The media type of this item. email Created by Author Whether the author created this item. yes Described by Author Whether the description of this item was submitted by the author. no Date Entered The date this item was entered into the archive. 2001-10-13