Posted on 06/16/2006 2:32:12 PM PDT by V.Foster
Hillary Wants 'Privacy Bill of Rights'
Sen. Hillary Rodham Clinton, drawing on her experiences as a young Watergate lawyer who decades later was investigated as first lady, urged creation of a "privacy bill of rights" Friday to protect people's personal data.
"Modern life makes many things easier and many things easier to know, and yet privacy is somehow caught in the crosshairs of these changes," Clinton said in a speech to a left-leaning legal group.
Clinton's speech on protecting consumers from identity theft and citizens from government snooping was the latest in a series of talks billed as "major addresses" by aides. Previous speeches were on energy and the economy.
A potential presidential candidate in 2008 whose eight years as first lady were marked by numerous investigations, Clinton noted her work on a House committee investigating the Nixon administration's illegal snooping and other abuses.
And she ruefully called herself an "expert" in the loss of privacy.
"Having lost so much of my own privacy in recent years I have a deep appreciation of its value and a firm commitment to protecting it for all the rest of you," she said, prompting laughter from the audience of the American Constitution Society for Law and Policy.
Clinton wants to create a "privacy czar" within the White House to guard against recent problems like the theft of personal data from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
She also wants legislation to let consumers know what information companies are keeping about them and how it is used, and create a tiered system of penalties for companies who are not careful with consumer data.
Clinton also waded into the debate over anti-terror eavesdropping. For months Democrats have hammered at the Bush administration over the National Security Agency's program of domestic wiretapping without warrants from judges. The administration insists it is both legal and necessary.
Clinton said any president should have the latest technology to track terrorists, but within laws that provide for oversight by judges.
"The administration's refrain has been, "Trust us,'" said Clinton. "That's unacceptable. Their track record doesn't warrant our trust. ... Unchecked mass surveillance without judicial review may sometimes be legal but it is dangerous. Every president should save those powers for limited critical situations."
© 2006 Associated Press.
Ya know.....travel office workers are a special case....ya know....?
Hillary is such a hypocrite!
Guess they went into the memory hole.
Is Jaime Gorelick a consultant on this?
They can make any privacy law they want. But if the Government violates it, it's ok, because the Government can do what it wants.
This witch did not want Nixon to have legal counsel.
Gee, and all along I thought there was some "right to privacy" in the Constitution.
She just gave away the Commander in Chief Executive Power to the Legislators and Judges.
She's not fit to be President.
What a numbnutz!
SO will it be Craig Livingstone or Anthony Pellicano?
yep.. little ferret wanted Nixon be denied his Constitutional rights.
There would be less privacy problems if people were a bit more careful with what information they continue to give away.
Translation: She doesn't want companies coughing up data to the Feds, especially telecoms who can point to the bill her hubby signed to cover their rears.
Bet al Qaeda just loves that part. Way to go, Hillie.
It's way too late!
Yeah, I guess Hillary is admitting that there is no right to privacy in the Constitution.
Don't forget she has a trail coming up with Peter Paul.....
I bet she wants a privacy act.....I think she best leave the U.S. and forget to ever come back....
Don't forget she has a trail coming up with Peter Paul.....
I bet she wants a privacy act.....I think she best leave the U.S. and forget to ever come back....
"WELCOME TO THE REAL AMERICA WHERE [Democratic Party] CRIMINALS GET TO BE
CELEBRITIES AND [Democratic Party] CELEBRITIES GET AWAY WITH MURDER
[and stolen FBI files and stolen National Archive Documents]."
"TO DIE FOR" Columbia Pictures
Craig Livingstone, Anthony Pellicano, FBI Files, this Arkansas Grifter really practices what she preaches!
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