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To: Thomas M. who wrote (1391)	5/15/2003 1:44:42 PM
From: epicure	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 20773

Thomas, that is chilling- really really chilling. It's too bad most people won't ever read about it, or understand the implications. "This is the same Homeland Security Department that is supposed to be making America safe from foreign terrorists. It's the agency we were told would never be used for domestic political purposes. "

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1391)	5/15/2003 2:01:30 PM
From: Poet	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 20773

Wow! That's an absolute disgrace. I see state troopers were also used. State troopers have followed the Democrats wives, parents and children. Troopers even staked out a hospital where one lawmaker's premature twins are being cared for. Staffers have been harassed. All this has happened after the location of the Democrats was known. But using Homeland Security is a frightening violation of the public trust, IMO.

To: Thomas M. who wrote (1391)	5/15/2003 7:16:45 PM
From: The Philosopher	Respond to of 20773

That's a pretty classic example of trying to turn nothing into something. As I read the original story, law enforcement officers were lawfully assigned to locate certain individuals. They called in an agency which had existed long before the Homeland Security Department was created, and which has expertise the law enforcement officers needed. There was no indication that the actual Homeland Security bureaucracy knew anything about it. But this angency happens to have been folded into the HSD from wherever it was. If, as seems likely but not proved, this was a cooperative relationship between two law enforcement agencies which has existed for years, it hardly seems very significant that they law enforcement officials used their past contacts and sources in a lawfully mandated search process. isn't it amazing, though, how paranoid some people can get?