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美聯調局著手建立全球最大生物辨識資料庫
法新社╱郭無患 2007-12-23 10:35     


 
(法新社華盛頓二十二日電)美國聯邦調查局發言人今天表示,聯邦調查局正在蒐集人頭照片、手拓和指紋資料,用以建立全世界規模最大的生理特徵資料庫,作為嫌疑份子身份辨識之用。

發言人庫克證實「華盛頓郵報」的相關報導。這項計畫若能順利完成,將使美國政府具備前所未有的能力來指認全世界各地的嫌犯。

庫克告訴法新社:「我們一直試圖更新與改進收集資料的過程和方法」,他補充指出,聯調局會重視隱私權;隱私權一直是美國推動收集安全資訊所面臨的爭議性問題。

華盛頓郵報說,聯調局計劃以一個十年委外計畫,大幅擴展其所收集生物辨識資訊的數量和種類,並已在西維吉尼亞州一座安全措施嚴密的聯調局建築裡,於資料庫貯存了數以百萬計的指紋資料。

報導引述聯調局主導這項計畫的資訊部門說明,調查人員能使用資料經由眼球虹膜、臉型、疤痕、以及甚至嫌犯的走路和說話方式來辨嫌犯。

庫克表示,聯調局希望利用全新高科技來收集資料。郵報報導透露,這項計畫估計將耗資大約十億美元,不過,庫克不願加以證實字。


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FBI building vast biometric database

Sat Dec 22, 2:21 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The US Federal Investigation Bureau is hoarding mugshots, handprints and fingerprints to make the world's biggest database of physical characteristics for security identification, a spokesman said Saturday.

Richard Kolko confirmed a report by the Washington Post of the project, which if successfully completed would give the US government unprecedented ability to identify suspects around the world.

"We are consistently trying to update and improve the process and way to collect information," he told AFP, adding that there would be an emphasis on privacy rights, a controversial aspect of the United States' drive to gather data for security.

The report said the FBI plans to award a 10-year contract to significantly expand the amount and type of biometric information it receives, and was already storing millions of fingerprints in the database at a secure FBI complex in West Virginia.

Investigators would be able to use data to identify criminals by their irises, the shape of their face, scars and even the way they walk and talk, the report said, citing the FBI's information services division operating the project.

Kolko said the FBI aimed to take advantage of new technology in its data gathering. The Post said the project would cost a billion dollars, but Kolko could not confirm the figures involved.

US authorities have already been collecting iris scans, fingerprints and mugshots from detainees in Iraq and Afghanistan among others. They also scan fingerprints, and in some cases irises, of arrivals at US airports.

The vast underground complex housing the database that the FBI is developing already contains 55 million sets of electronic fingerprints, the newspaper said.


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美聯邦調查局反恐人員不足 無法因應攻擊
法新社╱張仲琬 2008-05-23 13:35     
 
 
(法新社華盛頓二十二日電)一名美國聯邦調查局(FBI)探員向美國國會議員表示,FBI的反恐部門組織非常不健全,人力極度不足,無法有效保護美國免於攻擊。

FBI情報分析單位首席探員尤塞夫昨天在國會聽證會上指出:「FBI的反恐部門人力不足,無法應付我們面臨的威脅。」

他補充說:「FBI的反恐怖主義計畫,無法徹底保護美國免於中東恐怖份子災難性或直接攻擊。」

他指出,反恐部門目前只有六成二的職位有人執行任務。尤塞夫出生於埃及,自一九八八年起擔任FBI探員迄今。

長期人員不足的景況,迫使FBI招募缺乏相關經驗的人員,尤其是不具中東反恐經驗,或可能缺乏適切語言技能或文化理解的職員。

「在FBI內部,對升遷有興趣的人,都想要爭取高位或首要調查任務。」

尤塞夫在眾議院小組委員會聽證會表示:「反恐怖門無法留住出走的探員、主管和分析家。只有六成二職缺找到人,這個數字低得令人憂心。」

無經驗代表著新手連最微不足道的威脅都嚴陣以待,而「這種情況幾乎每個週末都會發生」,讓第一線人員精疲力竭。


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FBI too badly organized to stop attacks: agent

Thu May 22, 2:30 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The FBI's counterterrorism section is too badly organized and too understaffed to be able to protect the United States effectively against attack, an FBI agent told lawmakers.
 
"The FBI's counterterrorism division is ill-equipped to handle the terrorist threat that we're facing," Bassem Youssef, a top agent within the FBI's communications analysis unit, told a congressional hearing on Wednesday.

"FBI's counterterrorism program cannot properly protect the United States from another catastrophic and direct attack from Middle Eastern terrorists," he added.

Egyptian-born Youssef, who has been an agent with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) since 1988, said only 62 percent of posts were filled in the counterterrorism unit.

This chronic staff shortage was forcing the FBI to recruit staff with no relevant experience, specifically with Middle Eastern counterterrorism, possibly lacking pertinent language skills and cultural understanding.

"In the FBI, everyone who is interested in moving up the ladder of promotion would want to be jockeying for positions and the number-one priority of the investigations being worked by the FBI.

"The counterterrorism division is unable to keep agents, supervisors and analysts within the division, and 62 percent is an alarmingly low figure," he told a House subcommittee hearing on FBI whistleblowers.

Inexperience means new operatives take even the slightest threat seriously, and "this happens just about every weekend," running the staff on the ground ragged.

"If the executives themselves who are managing the entire section or the division are not where they should be ... you're going to see agents, analysts and other folks working in that division that are overworked, because they're overassigned," Youssef said.

"When you go after every single threat and look at it like it's the real deal, you will be spending an inordinate amount of time ... looking at a threat that may be, if you had the experience, you can tell in the first day or two that this is not a viable threat."

The result was overworked staff, being wrenched away from their families, leading "to a sense of discouragement," he added.

FBI Assistant Director John Miller said in a statement that the views of just one employee "may be very limited in scope."

"Over the nearly seven years since the attacks of September 11, 2001 ... the FBI's priorities were dramatically shifted to make prevention of another terrorist attack our top priority," he said.

"This shift in emphasis, as well as resources, has proven successful to date."

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美司法部:反恐為先 情治人員可以違法偵訊
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美司法部:反恐為先 情治人員可以違法偵訊
法新社╱樊劍萍 2008-04-27 21:35     
 
 
(法新社華盛頓二十七日電)「紐約時報」昨天在其網站報導說,美國總統布希的政府已經告知國會,為阻止恐怖份子發動攻擊,美國情治人員可以使用在其他情況下可能被國際法禁止的偵訊手段。

報導引述未具名的官員說,司法部最近在寫給國會議員的信函中,提出了對日內瓦公約的法律闡釋。

去年布希發布一項行政命令,白宮表示,該行政命令要求中央情報局遵守國際公約,禁止情治人員虐待被捕的嫌犯。

紐約時報指出,但司法部的新信件顯示,布希政府辯稱,偵訊手段的界線應該有些轉圜的餘地。

舉例說,一份在三月五日發出的信函明言,布希政府並未明確劃分偵訊嫌犯方式是否違反規定的界限,並且保留針對個案作出決斷的權力。


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US Congress told international law could be violated: report

Sun Apr 27, 12:17 AM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - The administration of President George W. Bush has told Congress that US intelligence agents trying to prevent terrorist attacks can use interrogation methods that in other circumstances might be prohibited under international law, The New York Times reported on its website Saturday.
 
Citing unnamed officials, the newspaper said this legal interpretation of the Geneva Convention was outlined recently in letters sent to lawmakers by the Justice Department.

Last year, President Bush issued an executive order which the White House said would make the Central Intelligence Agency comply with international conventions banning harsh treatment of detainees.

But the new letters, the paper said, show that the administration is arguing that the boundaries for interrogations should be subject to some latitude.

For example, a letter sent on March 5 makes clear that the administration has not drawn a precise line in deciding which interrogation methods would violate that standard and is reserving the right to make case-by-case judgments, the report said.

"The fact that an act is undertaken to prevent a threatened terrorist attack, rather than for the purpose of humiliation or abuse, would be relevant to a reasonable observer in measuring the outrageousness of the act," The Times quoted Brian Benczkowski, a deputy assistant attorney general, saying in that letter.

The letters from the Justice Department to Congress were provided by the staff of Democratic Senator Ron Wyden, a member of the Senate Intelligence Committee, who sought more information from the department, the report said.

Legal experts critical of the administration, noted the paper, indicated that the Justice Department seemed to be arguing that the task of preventing a terror attack could justify interrogation methods that would otherwise be illegal.

"What they are saying is that if my intent is to defend the United States rather than to humiliate you, than I have not committed an offense," Scott Silliman, a professor of national security from Duke University, was quoted by The Times as saying.

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中情局長:蓋達訓練西方臉孔特工 準備攻擊
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中情局長:蓋達訓練西方臉孔特工 準備攻擊
法新社╱毛盈超 2008-03-31 06:50    

 
 
(法新社華盛頓三十日電)美國中央情報局局長海登今天警告,蓋達恐怖組織正在訓練特工人員,這些特工「貌似西方人」,可在未被察覺情況下進入美國境內,從事恐怖攻擊。

海登說,蓋達組織過去十八個月來一直在阿富汗與巴基斯坦交界的部族地區建立安全避難所。蓋達在阿、巴交界的部族地帶訓練好戰份子,準備攻擊西方世界。

海登在國家廣播公司電視台的訪談中,作此披露。他說:「蓋達一直把特工人員帶到巴基斯坦部族地區進行訓練,這些特工就算跟大家一起在華盛頓特區附近的杜勒斯國際機場通關,也不會引起大家的注意。」

海登指出,這些新召募的特工「貌似西方人」,「能夠入境美國而不會引人注意」。

美國情治機構二月份公布年度威脅評估報告,報告說,美國情治機構察覺,自二零零六起即有大批西方召募新血湧入蓋達組織在巴基斯坦部族地區的安全避難所。

海登表示,中情局在巴基斯坦部族地區由於「與各方盟友合作良好」,因此在該地區的情報蒐集技術益有精進。

海登另強調,他相信蓋達首腦賓拉登仍躲藏在阿富汗和巴基斯坦交界地帶,不過賓拉登已不再掌控蓋達組織的運作。

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Al-Qaeda grooming militants who 'look western': CIA chief

by Michael Mathes
Sun Mar 30, 4:56 PM ET

WASHINGTON (AFP) - CIA director Michael Hayden warned Sunday that Al-Qaeda was training operatives who "look western" and could enter the United States undetected to conduct terrorist attacks.
 
General Hayden also said the terror network, which over the past 18 months has established a "safe haven" in Pakistan's tribal areas along the Afghanistan border, has shed its operational reliance on mastermind Osama bin Laden.

"They are bringing operatives into that region for training -- operatives that, a phrase I would use, wouldn't attract your attention if they were going through the customs line at Dulles (airport near Washington DC) with you," Hayden told NBC television.

The new recruits "look western" and "would be able to come into this country ... without attracting the kind of attention that others might," he said.

Hayden pointed to improved intelligence techniques in the federally administered tribal areas, due to "good cooperation from a variety of allies" in Pakistan's tribal regions, for the information on the Al-Qaeda recruits.

But much of the improvement was merely regaining ground that was lost through what Hayden described as an "absolutely disastrous" hands-off policy in the region by Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf in 2006 that led to Al-Qaeda's increased organizational ability there.

"He was, in fact, pulling forces and the writ of the Pakistani government back from the tribal region, and Al-Qaeda and the Taliban were having more and more free reign there."

In an annual threat assessment released in February, US intelligence reported it had detected an influx of new western recruits to Al-Qaeda safe havens in Pakistan's federally administered tribal areas since 2006.

"Al-Qaeda is improving the last key aspect of its ability to attack the US -- the identification, training, and positioning of operatives for an attack in the Homeland," the report said.

In presenting the report to Congress, US intelligence chief Mike McConnell also said that plots uncovered in New Jersey and Illinois this year "highlights the diverse threat posed by Homeland-based radical Muslims inspired by extremist ideology."

Hayden also stressed that while he was confident Al-Qaeda mastermind Osama bin Laden was still hiding out near the Afghanistan-Pakistan border, the Saudi-born fighter no longer has operational control over the terror network.

This now lies with Egyptian militants, he argued, although he said bin Laden remains an "iconic figure," and the Central Intelligence Agency is making "every effort to kill or capture" him along with his Al-Qaeda lieutenants.

"Let me use (the term) iconic figure. His presence ... gives a certain punch, a certain image, to the global movement," Hayden said.

"But he's not operationally involved. An awful lot of the operational force of Al-Qaeda -- the Arabic name is ... often finished by the country they are from -- an awful lot of them are al-Masris, which means 'the Egyptians.'"

Al-Qaeda's number two is Ayman Al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian militant who the US director of national intelligence Michael McConnell last September called "the real intellectual leader of Al-Qaeda."

Bin Laden has claimed responsibility for the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States, which killed nearly 3,000 people and prompted the US-led invasion of Afghanistan.

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美國會眾院召開秘密會議 討論反恐監聽法案
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美國會眾院召開秘密會議 討論反恐監聽法案 
法新社╱樊劍萍 2008-03-14 14:05    


 
(法新社華盛頓十三日電)美國國會眾議院今天舉行極為罕見的秘密會議,討論反恐監聽法案,這是二十五年來,眾議院首次舉行秘密會議討論法案。與此同時,眾議院與白宮相互僵持不下的局面繼續深化。

在共和黨的要求下,民主黨領袖同意召開這次秘密會議,討論布希總統反對的此一法案。

在會議開始以前,眾議院的安全人員奉命封鎖會場,並且在會場進行掃瞄以檢查有無竊聽設備。一般認為,這是眾議院第五次舉行諸如此類的秘密會議。

預期眾議院將於明天對此一法案進行投票,白宮反對的原因是此一法案沒有回溯條款,使得在九一一恐怖攻擊事件後與政府合作進行監聽的通訊公司無法獲得法律的保護。

眾議院先前拒絕參議院的法案,而使原有的監聽法於二月十六日失效。參議院的法案准許與美國政府合作的通訊公司免於受到法律的追訴。

監聽法案的新版本是准許這些通訊公司以後不會受到法律的追訴,可是對於與情報機構合作進行監聽的通訊公司,並未提供可以免於受到法律追訴的回溯條款。

假如眾議院的監聽法案獲得通過,一般認為參議院不可能通過此一法案。

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九一一事件後 中情局虛設十二家公司
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九一一事件後 中情局虛設十二家公司
法新社╱林憬屏 2008-02-17 16:20     


 
(法新社華盛頓十六日電)洛杉磯時報今晚在網站上報導,二零零一年九月十一日的恐怖攻擊事件後,美國中央情報局在歐洲和世界其他地方虛設十二家公司,希望藉此滲透回教組織。

不過洛杉磯時報引述現任與前任中情局官員的話說,中情局認定這些公司的構想不週之後,除了兩家之外,已關掉所有公司。

報導說,這些公司是中情局增加個案幹員人數的一部分,中情局根據所謂「非官方掩護」,派遣幹員到海外,以加強滲透回教組織。

洛杉磯時報說,中情局幹員喬裝成與美國政府沒有明顯關係的投資銀行、顧問公司或其他虛設企業的員工。

洛杉磯時報指出,不過此一計畫成為中情局內部重大爭議的源頭。

報導表示,中情局經營的「公司」距離歐洲的回教聚集地及其他目標很遠,而且它們的規模也引發關切,一個錯誤可能使許多幹員的身份曝光。

時報說,此外,因為商人通常不會與蓋達組織的行動人員接觸,因此這種掩護無法發揮作用。

洛杉磯時報指出,官員說,中情局利用公司掩護所作的努力,對恐怖份子或武器擴散網路並未產生重大滲透作用。

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美參議院迫於白宮壓力 通過監聽法案
法新社╱鄭詩韻 2008-02-13 14:35     


 
(法新社華盛頓十二日電)美國參議院今天屈服於布希政府壓力,通過授權安全機關在反恐戰爭中竊聽外國電話與電郵的爭議性法案。

參議院以六十八票贊成、二十九票反對的表決結果,通過這項法案,現在此案將進入眾議院,預料會遭到部分民主黨員的強烈反對。

參院是經過一番激烈辯論後,通過這項法案。

布希形容參院此舉為「態度堅決、兩黨一致投票支持法案,確保情治人員繼續擁有保護國家所需之重要工具」。

他在聲明中說,此案「將為我們的情報圈,提供及時且有效監控外國恐怖份子通訊、同時保護美國人自由的長期基礎」。

布希也敦促眾議院,「將狹隘的黨派利害關係擺在一旁,一齊通過這項法案,毫不延遲地送來我的辦公桌」。

布希政府堅稱,一度密而不宣的監控系統,為監視海外恐怖疑犯與美國境內極端份子通訊的必要系統。

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奧運反恐 有請美國FBI
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    距離北京奧運舉行的時間日益逼近,為防範北京奧運期間遭到恐怖分子襲擊,美國聯邦調查局(FBI)局長穆勒日前低調訪問北京。穆勒認為,北京奧運場館較為分散,保安工作最大難題即為如何保護這些分散的場館不受恐怖襲擊,而FBI將從三項主要內容協助北京奧運保安工作。

    根據大陸《世界新聞報》報導,前不久,印尼警方逮捕了與蓋達組織有牽連的恐怖組織幾個成員,並在其中一個成員的家裡發現了北京一些奧運場館的平面圖和手冊,手冊中介紹了如何才能更有效地散布有害氣體和生化武器。

    大陸專門研究中東問題的專家殷罡表示,北京奧運面臨的干擾來自大陸內部和海外兩個方面,對於大陸內部的恐怖勢力,大陸依靠自己的安全保衛力量即可掌握;但對來自國外的恐怖勢力,特別是來自南亞、東南亞等地區的恐怖勢力,則需要與美國FBI展開合作。

    穆勒是於一月底訪問北京兩天,抵達北京的第一件事情就是走訪北京多個奧運場館,掌握第一手資料。這兩天當中他還密集會見了中共公安部、武警以及外交部最高官員,並和相關官員舉行了會談。他認為北京奧運很可能是有史以來最大規模的奧運,而這屆奧運所面臨的重大挑戰之一就是安全問題。

    據報導,FBI與大陸方面在北京奧運反恐合作中的重點主要包括三個方面:一是情報資訊的交流與共用,這也是最重要的一項內容;第二個重點是FBI經驗的提供;第三個方面是技術支援與合作。

    報導說,美國政府於二○○六年夏天就在北京設立了「二○○八年奧運事務協調辦公室」,該辦公室的其中一項工作便是進行奧運保安工作的準備。辦公室不僅設立了保安參贊,而且還有一批美國的保安專家,這些專家將與中方進行溝通和交流。

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法新社╱郭無患 2008-02-06 08:20     


 
(法新社華盛頓五日電)美國中央情報局局長海登今天首次公開承認,將近五年以前,中情局確實曾經在審訊三名重要蓋達恐怖組織羈押嫌犯時,以「水刑」、也就是模擬幾近將他們淹死的方式刑求逼供。

海登告訴參議院情報委員會,被水刑侍候的三名恐怖嫌犯是謝克.穆罕默德、祖貝達、以及納席瑞,當時情報單位認為美國將很快再遭到災難性的恐怖攻擊;批評者認為,水刑形同虐待。

海登說:「當時對謝.穆罕默德施以水刑,對祖貝達施以水刑,並對納席瑞施以水刑」。

謝克、穆罕默德被認為是九一一恐怖攻擊的首要執行者,祖貝達被指控協助蓋達恐怖組織首腦賓拉登,納席瑞被指控是兩千年美國海軍勃克級導向飛彈驅逐艦柯爾號在葉門遭炸彈攻擊的執行指揮者。

這三名恐怖嫌犯最初在中情局設於海外的秘密審訊中受接受偵訊,二零零六年被轉往美軍在古巴關達那摩灣的軍監拘禁。

美國司法部長穆卡塞上週告訴國會,中情局已經不再使用水刑,「目前」水刑並不是獲准使用的訊問技巧,但他不願表示水刑是否算是虐待。

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法新社╱王黛麗 2008-01-30 13:50     


 
(法新社華盛頓二十九日電)美國白宮今天施壓想讓爭議性的秘密監聽計畫變成永久性法案,白宮認為,這對美國安全非常重要,誓言否決暫時性延長。

初步核定六個月的秘密監聽計畫,將於近日到期,白宮警告說,他們甘願冒險什麼也沒獲得,也不想讓國會來決定暫時性延長監聽。

眾議院今晚通過將於二月一日到期的秘密監聽計畫延長十五天,這樣就有足夠時間來努力達成協議;參院已就一項類似措施開始審議,但明天以前不會表決。

今早,在談到外傳此案再繼續延長三十天的問題時,白宮發言人法拉托說:「我們將會否決延長三十天,我們想要做的是,使該法案變成永久化。」

在野並掌控國會的民主黨表示,在國會議員協調參眾兩院不同版本立法、使該倡議變成永久計畫化期間,延長法案可確保不致出現「情資斷層」。

法拉托說:「對情報界而言,最重要的是莫過於確定立法,以落實他們執行的方案,我們並不需要作東拼西湊的延伸,我們需要的是讓這項法案獲得通過。」

他說:「他們需要這一點,他們的夥伴也需要這一點,為向前邁進、確保所行所為都是為了保護這個國家、以及得到他們所需要的情報。」

此案是在秘密竊聽計畫遭人揭發後曝光,引爆指控布希政府違反一九七八年制定的立法;該法規定,必須獲得法院授權才能對國內通信執行秘密監聽。

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中央社╱中央社 2008-01-29 08:58     

(中央社記者林芥佑華盛頓二十八日專電)美國總統今天晚間將赴國會發表任內第七度國情咨文,在國家安全議題上,布希將呼籲國會通過立法,批准政府情治部門持續運用電子監控恐怖組織的合法權力。

根據白宮傍晚提供的國情咨文摘要,在國家安全議題方面,布希將指出,國會去年八月通過「保護美國法案(PAA)」,強化了一九七八年通過的「外國情報監聽法(FISA)」,讓美國情治單位可以更有效取得恐怖組織企圖傷害美國的資訊。

但因為PAA這項法案的效力將至今年二月一日截止,布希將請求國會儘速通過延長這項法案,讓美國情治部門獲取情資的管道與網路不受阻礙。布希將強調,延長這項強化功能的法案,也可合法保護那些願意提供訊息協助政府的民間公司,最終避免損及美國人民利益與國家安全。

布希將表示,美國參議院情報委員會已經審慎研究整個法案,並且正確的點出關鍵所在,例如國會若不立法提供保護措施,民間機構將不願配合政府的合法請求,導致情治部門喪失許多重大關鍵情資。

布希將訴求,民間公司將擔心因為提供通聯紀錄或客戶資料給政府,遭到可能高達數十億美元罰款的控訴,或者因為民間企業質疑政府動機而要求各項提供證明的程序,這些都將造成情蒐時間的流失,讓美國政府無法迅速有效掌握恐怖份子的行動;且民間企業無法接觸機密資料,因此不應該讓這些公司負責人來判斷提供資料給政府是否合法。

九一一恐怖攻擊事件之後,一些民間通訊企業配合美國政府需求,提供客戶通聯資訊給情治部門,引來大量訴訟,布希今晚懇請國會立法為這些企業解套。他強調,強化法案一來讓這些公司不會有重大損失,也可避免情治部門的許多機密文件因為民間公司訴訟而必須公開。

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