According to Charles Lewis and Adam Mayle of
publicintegrity.org, a draft of an act titled “
Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 “,which was previously unreleased to the public,has many worried. The new legislation (Created by Attorney General John Ashcroft), “would radically expand law enforcement and intelligence gathering authorities, reduce or eliminate judicial oversight over surveillance, authorize secret arrests, create a DNA database based on unchecked executive ‘suspicion,’ create new death penalties, and even seek to take American citizenship away from persons who belong to or support disfavored political groups.” Say’s Law Professor David Cole, who reviewed the draft legislation for the above authors. As a side note I would like to mention that Prof. Cole is also a Co-Chair for the
constitution project.
