Date: Wed, 10 Oct 2001 17:55:45 -0400 (EDT)
Message-Id: <200110102155.RAA12479@mattababy.mit.edu>
From: belmonte@mit.edu (Matthew Belmonte)
To: senator@kennedy.senate.gov, john_kerry@kerry.senate.gov
Subject: oppose privacy invasions in the anti-terrorism bill

I'm a constituent writing to urge you to support the Feingold privacy
amendments to the anti-terrorism bill up for consideration by the Senate
tomorrow.  The bill as it is currently written fails to protect privacy.  It
would allow the seizure of records without a warrant, surveillance of Internet
communications without a court order, searches of property without notice to
the owner, and widespread monitoring of public phones and public computers
regardless of whether the users of such devices are suspects.  I support the
Feingold amendments, which would set clear limits on government surveillance.

Matthew Belmonte