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In article <v4j8tus408fe87vl6j70gh3lpr68ibo5n3@4ax.com>,
 "GaHoPpeR@Yep.gov" <GaHoPpeR@Yep.gov> wrote:

> On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 19:48:30 +0000 (UTC), in dfw.general  Paul (Hopper) 
> Montgomery  2780 N
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> wnews@naxs.com wrote:
> You Are a Suspect
> By WILLIAM SAFIRE
> WASHINGTON - If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before passage,
> here is what will happen to you:

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I don't think this is going to fly. If the Democrats need a good basis 
to complain, this would be a good place to start. They'll have a problem 
with that since it was chiefly their bill to begin with, but I think the 
bill was too hasty, given its scope.

So, since the bill was so critical to both parties, it seems the 
"debate" about the finer points centered around job protection. Now that 
it's about to pass, we discover what they *should* have been debating.

There's good old Tom for ya, all worried about job protection for 
government employees (which is admittedly of major concern to most 
citizens), but he *forgot to read the rest of the damn bill*

Safire is a bit alarmist, or a couple of decades late. He takes two 
existing entities - Poindexter and "computer dossiers of private life", 
puts them together and, viola - government cospiracy.

Hate ta tell ya Bill, but this is not an entirely new phenomenon - as 
insidious as it sounds, it's commonplace. The only change to an existing 
reality is Poindexter.