{"id":1680,"date":"2005-11-15T10:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-11-15T10:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/multiracial.com\/wp\/index.php\/2005\/11\/15\/special-alert-23\/"},"modified":"2017-02-03T20:14:10","modified_gmt":"2017-02-03T20:14:10","slug":"special-alert-23","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/multiracial.com\/index.php\/2005\/11\/15\/special-alert-23\/","title":{"rendered":"Special Alert 23"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The Multiracial Activist Newsletter
\nSpecial Alert 23 – November 15, 2005<\/p>\n

The Multiracial Activist Newsletter is an informational digest of news, events, new websites and other information of interest to the biracial\/multiracial individuals, interracial couples\/families and the transracial adoptee community. Published irregularly, with special alerts as news items warrant. The Multiracial Activist Newsletter is registered with the Library of Congress,\u00a0Washington,\u00a0DC\u00a0– ISSN: 1522-6905. Past newsletters and alerts are archived athttp:\/\/www.multiracial.com\/newsletter.html<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Special Alert 23
\nNovember 15, 2005
\nEditor, James A. Landrith, Jr.
\nhttp:\/\/www.multiracial.com\/<\/a>
\nemail:\u00a0editor@multiracial.com<\/a><\/p>\n

The attached letter was sent by the Liberty Coalition in opposition to domestic surveillance provisions in S. 1803, the \u201c2006 Intelligence Authorization Act.\u201d\u00a0 The Multiracial Activist is a member of the Liberty Coalition and signed this letter along with several national civil liberties organizations including the ACLU and Republican Liberty Caucus.<\/p>\n

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An electronic version of this letter is available here:\u00a0http:\/\/multiracial.com\/content\/view\/1083\/49\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Multiracial Activist has long been opposed to such domestic surveillance efforts, which seek to compile massive amounts of personal information (including \u201cracial\u201d and ethnic data) in several databases accessible by many levels of government.\u00a0 The possibility for political abuse of such data is immense, not to mention the potential for further \u201cracial\u201d profiling.\u00a0 As an added bonus, such data could expose millions to potential identity theft or harassment by hackers or even government employees.\u00a0 The Multiracial Activist will continue to speak out on behalf of privacy rights and civil liberties for all.\u00a0 A list of prior advocacy efforts is available here:\u00a0\u00a0http:\/\/multiracial.com\/content\/category\/10\/64\/49\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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The Multiracial Activist asks that readers contact their Senators and urge them vote against any version of S. 1803 that includes domestic surveillance provisions.\u00a0 You can find contact information for your Senators here:<\/p>\n

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http:\/\/www.senate.gov\/pagelayout\/senators\/f_two_sections_with_teasers\/states.htm<\/a><\/p>\n

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\nJames Landrith
\njames@jameslandrith.com<\/a>
\ncell: 703-593-2065 * fax: 760-875-8547
\nAIM: jlnales * ICQ: 148600159
\nMSN and Yahoo! Messenger: jlandrith
\nTaking the Gloves Off –\u00a0http:\/\/www.jameslandrith.com<\/a>
\nThe Multiracial Activist –\u00a0http:\/\/www.multiracial.com<\/a>
\nThe Abolitionist Examiner –\u00a0http:\/\/www.multiracial.com\/abolitionist\/<\/a>
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Letter to\u00a0United States\u00a0Senate<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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November 8, 2005<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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Dear Senator:<\/p>\n

We the undersigned organizations urge you not to pass any version of the 2006 Intelligence Authorization Act (S 1803) that includes two provisions that would dramatically expand Pentagon spying operations against American citizens.\u00a0\u00a0 No Senate committee has held hearings on either of these sections.<\/p>\n

The first problematic provision is Section 307.\u00a0 Under this provision, the Privacy Act would be amended to allow both the CIA and Defense intelligence agencies to access sensitive personal information on Americans collected by the FBI and other government agencies.\u00a0 Section 307 would thereby permit defense intelligence and CIA to create computerized dossiers on millions of Americans.<\/p>\n

There are serious privacy and civil liberties issues raised by allowing the CIA and Defense Department wholesale access to databases of sensitive information on Americans, issues far beyond the concerns raised by FBI access.\u00a0 While counter-terrorism information may need to be shared between the FBI and Defense and the CIA, this change to the Privacy Act, with its low “relevance” standard, removes one of the only legal barriers to DoD and CIA creating massive databases on Americans.\u00a0 The provision is particularly troubling in light of recent revelations about the widespread use of national security letters by the FBI to collect sensitive records on thousands or even millions of innocent Americans.\u00a0 Section 307 would permit the FBI to transfer all such records to Defense intelligence and CIA databases.<\/p>\n

The second troublesome provision is Section 431.\u00a0 Section 431 allows Defense intelligence operatives to gather human intelligence inside the\u00a0United States, going undercover to recruit potential spies without identifying themselves as Pentagon agents to the Americans they’re talking to..<\/p>\n

DoD itself has reported that before the Privacy Act was passed thirty years ago, its intelligence agencies engaged in “monitoring of activities of innocent persons involved in the constitutionally protected expression of their views on civil rights or anti-war activities.”<\/p>\n

The Senate should not open the door to a return to those dark days without so much as a single committee hearing or public debate.\u00a0\u00a0 The Congress must pause and evaluate these extraordinary changes before adopting them.\u00a0 For that reason, we urge you to oppose any unanimous consent motion to consider an Intelligence Authorization bill containing these provisions.\u00a0\u00a0 These provisions must be carefully debated and considered, preferably through public hearings and debate.<\/p>\n

Sincerely,<\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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American\u00a0Policy\u00a0Center
\nThe Rutherford Institute
\nAssociation of American Physicians and Surgeons
\nCenter for Democracy and Technology
\nRepublican\u00a0Liberty\u00a0Caucus
\nAmerican Civil Liberties\u00a0Union
\nU.S.\u00a0Bill of Rights Foundation
\nNational Security Whistleblowers Coalition
\nMultiracial Activist
\nFairfax\u00a0County\u00a0Privacy Council
\nCyber Privacy Project
\nGun Owners of\u00a0America<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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