Lawmakers Tone Down Terror Bill

Lawmakers Tone Down Terror Bill
By GREG MILLER, Times Staff Writer

October 2 2001 - LA Times

WASHINGTON -- Key lawmakers reached a compromise Monday on anti-terrorism 
legislation that would deny Atty. Gen. John Ashcroft some of the more 
sweeping powers he is seeking from Congress, but it would still mark a major 
expansion of law enforcement authority. 

The bill, which the House could consider as early as next week, would 
dramatically enhance investigators' ability to conduct electronic 
surveillance, detain foreign suspects and seek stiffer criminal penalties in 
terrorism cases. 

But the measure would strip out or scale back a number of controversial 
proposals offered by the White House, including the authority to indefinitely 
detain foreign nationals identified by the attorney general as terrorist 
threats. 

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