IP: Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah () shipwright com>
> Subject: Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/03/national/03WEST.html?todaysheadlines=&pagewanted=print
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> October 3, 2001
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> Plan to Expand U.S. Powers Alarming Some in Colorado
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> By TIMOTHY EGAN
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> OLORADO SPRINGS, Oct. 2 - The people who live under the formidable jaw of
> Pikes Peak like their churches, houses and cars big, and their government
> small. They send a steady flow of Republicans east, and do not expect much
> to come west, unless it is tax cuts or farm subsidies.
>
> So to many it has come as a surprise, bordering on outrage, that a
> government thought to be safely controlled by like-minded conservatives is
> trying to expand the power and size of the federal policing authority,
> increase surveillance and wiretapping powers, even consider proposals for
> national identification cards.
>
> "Here it comes - our government trying to take away freedoms again in the
> name of a national emergency," said Ted Adamovich, a 53-year-old resident
> of Colorado Springs. "They can put a little more surveillance in airports,
> but beyond that - no. Let them try to make me sign up for a national ID
> card. I dare them."
>
> Mr. Adamovich says he bleeds red, white and blue, and has been consistently
> loyal to one party. "I'm Republican, for now," he said. "But if they push
> this stuff, who knows where I'll end up."

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