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To: T L Comiskey who wrote (6096)	9/11/2002 11:18:42 AM
From: stockman_scott	Respond to of 89467

Sept. 11 Families Wary on Civil Rights Threats By Reuters \| FindLaw.com Monday, 9 September, 2002 WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Families of Sept. 11 victims criticized President Bush on Monday for eroding civil rights in the U.S. war on terror, and said they believed airport security was no better than a year ago. Stephen Push, head of the Sept. 11 Homeland Security Alliance, gave the Bush administration a ``C-'' grade on a report card in urging the government to temper military gusto with fair treatment of those placed under arrest. Push said he did not believe suspended judicial rights -- such as denying terrorist suspects access to a lawyer or expeditious trial -- were needed or desirable. ``I'm not sure it is really necessary in order to protect us,'' he told reporters. ``The fact that over a thousand people were swept up and there have been no reports of them being terrorists, it raises questions on whether these people were really being treated well.'' The Homeland Security Alliance is made up of lobby groups representing those who lost family in last year's attacks in New York and Washington, including Families of Sept. 11, Voices of Sept. 11 and the Skyscraper Safety Campaign. Push said the alliance report card was penned by 18 members most active in various groups' lobbying efforts to Congress and the White House. Their report criticized Bush for persistent aviation security troubles, reflected in media reports of guns and knives being carried onto planes. ``For all the delays at airports and all the money that has been spent, aviation security is not much better than it was on September 11,'' Push said. But the group praised the president for the U.S. military effort in Afghanistan, where the administration dislodged the ruling Taliban in retaliation for the hijacked airliner attacks that killed some 3,000 people. The United States blames Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda network for the attacks. truthout.org