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The Washington Peace Letter is published monthly for the social justice community of the Washington, D.C. metropolitan area. Its purpose is to support local, national and international struggles against oppression. It seeks to present a radical analysis of current events, covering information not readily available in the corporate media.

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Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act

By Roger Newell

January 2005
Volume 41, Number 1

A Federal judge has ruled that the government's duty to respond to national security threats doesn't give it the right to override personal security. The ruling blocks the government from conducting secret searches of Internet and telephone records in a so-called effort to root out terrorism.

Federal Judge Victor Marrero struck down the part of the Patriot Act allowing the FBI to force Internet service providers and phone companies to turn over some customer records. Marrero ruled: while the government "must be empowered to respond promptly and effectively" to threats, personal security is equally important.

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