Post by Mech on Aug 13, 2006 18:15:50 GMT -5
PROBLEM-REACTION-SOLUTION........
Chertoff says U.S. needs more authority
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday that the U.S. should consider reviewing its laws to allow for more electronic surveillance and detention of possible terror suspects, citing last week's foiled plot.
Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security, stopped short of calling for immediate changes, noting there might be constitutional barriers to the type of wide police powers the British had in apprehending suspects in the plot to blow up airliners headed to the U.S.
Chertoff says U.S. needs more authority
By HOPE YEN, Associated Press Writer 2 hours, 10 minutes ago
WASHINGTON - The nation's chief of homeland security said Sunday that the U.S. should consider reviewing its laws to allow for more electronic surveillance and detention of possible terror suspects, citing last week's foiled plot.
Michael Chertoff, secretary of the Department of
Homeland Security, stopped short of calling for immediate changes, noting there might be constitutional barriers to the type of wide police powers the British had in apprehending suspects in the plot to blow up airliners headed to the U.S.