Andy Nelson of the The Daily Northwestern on Committee to consider Patriot Act opposition
Evanston City Council might soon issue its opinion on a national security policy just three months after condemning what was then a possible war in Iraq.
The Human Services Committee will consider tonight a resolution concerning the USA Patriot Act, which bolstered federal surveillance powers one month after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The resolution, authored by the city’s Human Relations Commission, urges Congress to repeal parts of the act the commission found threatening to civil liberties. If the city’s resolution is passed by the the committee, and ultimately Evanston City Council, federal legislators will be informed of the city’s opinion.
Should this resolution pass, there would be one more city not toeing that line. Not that anyone at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue cares. Just FYI.
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