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US expanding domestic spying


The US Defense Department is expanding domestic intelligence collection in
ways that could allow it to circumvent barriers to military spying on US
citizens, the Washington Post reported.



Formerly focused on protecting US bases and military operations, Pentagon
intelligence collection inside the United States has already expanded to
cover broader terrorist threats to the country, the Post said on Sunday.

However, proposed moves to expand the military's domestic intelligence
activities in the wake of the attacks of 11 September, 2001, have sparked
worries among politicians and civil liberties advocates that such activities
could go out of control, the newspaper said.

"We are deputising the military to spy on law-abiding Americans in America.
This is a huge leap without even a (congressional) hearing," Senator Ron
Wyden told the daily.

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http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/9F47FD16-11A7-4711-854D-45E0A41BE4DA.htm


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