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...terrorism or intelligence investigation—is too broad and could potentially be abused. According to Casey, the revised version of the Patriot Act that Congress debated in December addressed some of the worries that had been voiced over these measures. The revised legislation, for instance, stipulates an NSL recipient??s explicit right to consult with an attorney. But a bipartisan group of senators argued that the legislation did not adequately respond to civil-liberties concerns, and, threatening a filibuster, they were able to block the renewal of the Patriot Act on Dec. 16. Political tensions were high...
...done in order to present a NSL is quite stringent,” Carter said. Edgar said that some of the additions to the Patriot Act legislation being debated now would help safeguard civil liberties, such as the stipulation that a NSL must make explicit a recipient??s right to consult with an attorney. But Edgar said that other changes may actually be detrimental to civil liberties. For instance, under the current act, a person who receives an information request from the FBI is under a lifetime gag order. The new legislation would allow individuals to challenge...
Clark Professor of Ethics in Politics and Government Nancy L. Rosenblum, who taught Vasanthakumar in an identity politics class, said she thinks the Rhodes Scholarship was well-deserved because of the recipient??s unique approach to her area of study...
...award money and the prestige that comes with it can alter the path of a recipient??s career immediately...
Fields said that, in general, a center examines three or four distinct but interrelated areas of inquiry, whereas a grant will only fund one, smaller project. In addition, he said, a center’s work is anticipated to last years longer than an individual grant recipient??s work...