Washington (Reuters, January 4) - The FBI demanded Las Vegas hotels turn over their guest lists leading up to New Year's Eve to check against a U.S. master list of suspected terrorists, a law enforcement official said on Sunday.And this is a surprise?
The demand for "patron information" went to all major hotels in the Nevada casino and entertainment city, said the official who declined to be named. ...
A second U.S. government official said to his knowledge only one hotel had balked at providing its bookings list. ...
A representative of the American Civil Liberties Union said the demand for guest records, without any individual suspicion, infringed on the privacy of as many as 300,000 people "whose leisure activities are no one's business but their own."
The action also showed the FBI's expanded, post-Sept. 11 power to obtain personal records without judicial review or suspicion about an individual "may well be used to monitor ordinary Americans," said Timothy Edgar, the ACLU's legislative counsel.
Thursday, January 15, 2004
Footnote to the preceding: Meanwhile, back at the ranch
The response is perhaps even more disturbing than the demand.
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