The new legislation would allow government to spy on First Amendment-protected activities. By applying an overly broad definition of terrorism

All in all, the only individuals whose behavior is earning them the title of people officially at war with the United States--and all it has stood for--work in the Bush administration itself. The Congressional Republicans, and Democrats, who might well support such legislation, deserve to be drowned by public outcry. Tell them it's an insult to liberty and democracy. Tell them it's unpatriotic. Tell them the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 is positively Un-American.

The new bill would increase government secrecy while diminishing public accountability. It would authorize secret arrests in immigration and other cases, such as those involving material witness warrants, where the detained person is not criminally charged and may also be detained for an indefinite amount of time. The act would allow for the sampling and cataloguing of innocent Americans' genetic information without court order and without consent. And, incredibly, the act would shelter federal agents engaged

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