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To: Neocon who wrote (3520)	7/15/2004 10:35:07 AM
From: TimF	Read Replies (1) of 7936

I don't find that he was "profiled" to be too offensive (although I think he might) but apparently the officers acted without legal reason. "In a June 21 letter to the Army Corps of Engineers, the agency that manages the Ballard Locks, ACLU attorney Aaron Caplan wrote that at the end of the May 26 questioning, "Special Agent Daniel McNamara of the Department of Homeland Security told Mr. Spiers that he was not allowed to take photographs at the Locks, and that he was not to return to the Locks without advance notice and permission." ACLU spokesman Doug Honig said yesterday that he is not aware of any law that prohibits taking photographs of government buildings or federal facilities such as the Ballard Locks... ...Spiers was told he had violated the Patriot Act, but there's nothing in the legislation that prohibits his actions, Honig said. The ACLU wants an explanation for what happened." It seems more and more people just taking photos are harassed, sometimes their cameras are taken away, and they might be put on various anti-terrorism watch lists. Tim

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