Indianapolis Recorder, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 2002 — Page 3

FRIDAY, DECEMBER 6,2002

THE INDIANAPOLIS RECORDER

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SECURITY

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Rev. Al Sharpton, the celebrated civil rights activist from New York and potential candidate for the2004 Democratic presidential nomination, has called the Homeland Security proposal “a real and imminent threat What they are doing is attempting to legalize the old COINTELPRO that the government has used on everyone from Dr. Martin Luther King to the Black Panther Party.” Sharpton added in his statements to the Final Call, a Chicago-based newspaper that serves as the written voice of the Nation of Islam. “They called Dr. King in the ‘60s subversive and a communist. Now all they have to do is call people a terrorist or say you are a friend of terrorists to use these laws on us.” Rep. Julia Carson, DInd., who represents Indianapolis in the U.S. House of Representatives, released a statement explaining why she voted against passage of the Homeland Security bill. “It was flawed in a number of important ways. It was loaded up with provisions that have nothing to do with securing our homeland. Originally, the president supported a 35 page measure,” she said. “The bill that passed the House without my signature was 484 pages long, stuffed with special interest legis-

lation.”

Carson said the law promotes the collection of "computerized dossiers” on the private lives of people from cohunercial sources, especially credit cards, loan applications, and possibly

doubt we must be willing to accept some limitations on freedoms, we have long held dear in order to ensure that our nation remains safe, we cannot let the basic foundations of freedom to be undermined and swept away or we have lost altogether, and terrorism has won its way. This is profoundly wrong. Carson’s comments were a far departure from the optimism expressed by other members of Indiana’s congressional delegation, especially Sens. Evan Bayh, a Democrat, and Republican Richard Lugar, who both voted for the homeland security when it arrived at the Senate. “While this new department will take several years to fully build, we took another major step in making sure that attacks like those that occurred on Sept. 11 can ever happen again,” Bayh stated in a press release. “Democrats and Republicans worked together to pass this historic bill because when it comes to protecting Americans, we are all in this together.”

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documents that the government has on people, such as licenses and judicial records, the process can lead “to a lifetime pa-

per trail.”

On a recent session of the Dallas7based Tom Joyner morning show, which aired nationally on AfricanAmerican stations, commentator Tavis Smiley, an Indiana native, delivered a similar statement, saying that the government is now able to keep files of extremely personal information on anyone “from cradle to grave.” “This sets up eavesdropping on Americans on a scale we have only been exposed to in works of science fiction, without much justification. It’s a terrible, broad sweeping threat to our fundamental civil liberties. While I have no

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education report, “Closingthe Achievement Gap: Improving the Educational Outcomes for African-American Children.” The town hall meeting will allow state legislators and community activists an opportunity to discuss education issues confronting African Americans and hear President George W. Bush’s plan to close the achievement gap in African-American communities. Secretary of Education, Roderick Paige will take part in the meeting which will be web-cast throughout the state of Indiana. The public is urged to attend this free event

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