http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1036668/posts "Sept. 11 panel weighs security, civil liberties"
Sac Bee ^ | 12/8/03 | Laurence Arnold - AP
Posted on 12/08/2003 8:57:39 PM PST by NormsRevenge
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "WASHINGTON (AP) - An architect of the government's legal battle against terror defended the USA Patriot Act, telling a federal commission on Monday the law rightly empowers investigators to "wage a coordinated, integrated counterterrorism campaign."
Two law professors offered dissenting views, contending the Bush administration has gone too far toward tipping the balance between national security and civil liberties."