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To: captain_midnite who wrote (1616)	9/27/2001 11:10:49 PM
From: philab	Respond to of 281500

"One can safely assume that there was much data on a majority of these perps, and that agencies were not sharing info as they could/should. My hope is that is the outcome of all this, that we see Ridge or whomever mandating the sharing of info. That will go a lot further than much of the measures I have seen offered today and recently. I do fear a lot of law enforcement will try and sidestep their failure in countering the possibility of something like the current attack by requesting more powers historically denied them. Let's keep the country we have, otherwise why try and protect it? Worries me when we start the "lose a few civil liberties" talk." I couldn't agree more with you!

To: captain_midnite who wrote (1616)	9/28/2001 4:09:43 AM
From: SirRealist	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

Keeping the country we have is a great start. Losing 6400 lives, economic balance, a few buildings and a sense of security and peacefulness... plus more to come... is enough loss to absorb. Must we toss in the Constitution and the Bill of Rights and All-Our-Freedoms-All-The-Time because an appointed hack who barely passed muster due to his past acts of bigotry thinks neo-Ayatollahism is a neato way to get back at those nasty liberals like Jefferson and Franklin and Madison ? Your insightful comments are right on the money, CaptainM.