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Letter "L" » Lisa Graves Quotes
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«Although the House Judiciary Committee's base bill does not expand the Patriot Act in the unwise and unwarranted way the Senate Intelligence Committee proposed, it can and must be modified to ensure that Patriot powers are focused on terrorists and not ordinary Americans,»
Author: Lisa Graves
«[Lisa Graves of the American Civil Liberties Union scoffed at a defense official's assertion that the proposed change would not allow for carte blanche Pentagon spying inside the United States.] That's some spin, ... The change would allow them to gather information on Americans surreptitiously. If it walks like a duck and quacks like a duck, it's a duck.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«It gives a nod toward checks and balances without fixing the most fundamental flaws in the Patriot Act.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«The Patriot Act was bad in 2001, and despite bipartisan calls for reform, it's still bad in 2005.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«Instead of addressing the real concerns ... the Republican majority in Congress buckled to White House pressure.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«When lawmakers seek to rewrite our Fourth Amendment rights, they should at least have the gumption to do so in public. Americans have a reasonable expectation that their federal government will not gather records about their health, their wealth and the transactions of their daily life without probable cause of a crime and without a court order.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«It provides more protections and important clarifications than the other bills that are being considered, ... But all the bills fall short of what is necessary to bring the Patriot Act back in line with the Constitution.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«It provides more protections and important clarifications than the other bills that are being considered. But all the bills fall short of what is necessary to bring the Patriot Act back in line with the Constitution.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«The Patriot Act debate is whether FISA adequately protects civil liberties. The point of FISA was to interpose a judge between the president and the citizen to make sure they wouldn't gather data on someone unilaterally.»
Author: Lisa Graves
«We're seeing an administration that's engaging in a lot of legal hairsplitting to justify behavior that's not authorized by the law.»
Author: Lisa Graves
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