We're all suspects under far-reaching new guidelines proposed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey

		If implemented, new guidelines will allow the FBI to interview you, your friends and your family under a false pretext. The FBI could recruit secret informants and have them infiltrate peaceful protest groups. Investigations based on little more than race, ethnicity or religion would be allowed. The worst part is that we have good reason to believe the FBI has been violating its internal guidelines all along. Act now. Sign our petition to the Department of Justice Inspector General.

Dear ACLU Supporter,

Bush and Mukasey are at it again. They've announced dangerous new FBI guidelines that will severely jeopardize the personal privacy of innocent Americans. These regulations need no congressional approval and are terrifying.

Just how far can the FBI go without any factual basis for suspecting improper -- let alone illegal -- activity?

Under far-reaching new guidelines proposed by Attorney General Michael Mukasey, the answer is frightening. All the FBI has to do to put you or any American under prolonged physical surveillance is assert an "authorized purpose" such as detecting or preventing crime or protecting "national security."

Sound familiar?

It's the same Bush/Cheney/Gonzales/Mukasey "just trust us" policies that have been eroding our rights for the past eight years.

And like with Bush's government spying and torture programs, there's a belief that government officials can ignore the law. In fact, we have good reason to suspect that the FBI has been violating its own internal guidelines all along and is now pushing these new guidelines to cover up past wrongdoing.

That's why we need to demand an investigation now, before these outrageous guidelines are implemented. The Inspector General's office at the Department of Justice has proven to be an unbiased, internal watchdog that has consistently exposed wrongdoing. We need to urge the IG to do it again.

Act now. Sign our petition to the Department of Justice Inspector General. Urge an immediate investigation into whether the FBI has been engaging in out-of-control investigative activities.

These new guidelines would allow the FBI to interview you, your friends and your family under a false pretext. The FBI could recruit secret informants and have them infiltrate peaceful protest groups. And the FBI could initiate investigations based on little more than race, ethnicity or religion.

The FBI could also search commercial databases for personal details about your life with no real reason.

And all of this would be allowed without an ounce of evidence that you or anyone else has done anything wrong.

Act now. Sign our petition to the Department of Justice Inspector General.

The last thing we can afford is to let the FBI claim out-of-control investigative powers in the closing months of the Bush administration.

Please act today to help us challenge this dangerous plan to put your personal privacy at risk.

In defense of freedom,

Anthony D. Romero
Executive Director
ACLU

P.S. You can read the ACLU's letter to Glenn A. Fine, Inspector General at the U.S. Department of Justice, by going here.

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AGAIN!!! Another attack in Shenandoah follows beating death of Mexican immigrant

SOURCE: Cynthia I

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From: La Voz de Aztlan <News.Subscribers@aztlan.net>
Date: Wed, Sep 17, 2008 at 11:18 AM
Subject: Another attack in Shenandoah follows beating death of Mexican immigrant
To: La Voz de Aztlan Subscribers <News.Subscribers@aztlan.net>



LA VOZ DE AZTLAN
Los Angeles, Alta California
September 17. 2008

Another attack in Shenandoah follows
beating death of Mexican immigrant

A vicious assault in Shenandoah, Pennsylvania of a 21 year old Mexican man
by the name of Javier Alcala Jr. on Friday comes just two months after the
brutal racially motivated murder of Mexican immigrant Luis Ramirez.

Both MALDEF and LULAC have requested the FBI and the US Department of
Justice to investigate the case to determine if this new assault is a racially
motivated hate crime.

Javier Alcala Jr., claims that three skinheads beat him on the head with a
metal object, bound and blindfolded him with duct tape and then proceeded
to torture him. He says that they used a "drill" and a "torch" to terrorize him.
Alcala adds that he was then beaten to unconsciousness and dumped
in a street. He was taken to Saint Catherine Medical Center and the police
notified.

Javier Alcala suffered a head injury, damaged teeth, bruises and an arm
injury. According to Shenandoah Mayor Tom O'Neill, police have interviewed
the victim twice, including once at a hospital. The immigration status of Alcala
is unknown but the mayor said the police had difficulty interviewing the victim
because he was extremely frightened.

Attorney Gladys Limon of MALDEF said the organization was made aware
of the assault on Javier Alcala after a community member called Saturday.
After speaking with the person who called MALDEF, Ms. Limon said she
called the Department of Justice and the FBI. Ms. Limon said she also
spoke with the victim by telephone on Saturday.

Department of Justice spokeswoman Jamie Hais said Tuesday that the
Criminal Section of the Justice Department's Civil Rights Division is opening
an investigation into the Friday incident. FBI spokeswoman Jerri Williams
said that an FBI agent from the Allentown Resident Agency is also reviewing
the attack.

Ms. Limon said, "We have not received any information as of yet that indicates
that this was racially motivated." Ms. Limon added, "What we do know is that
this was a serious crime against a young Mexican man in Shenandoah and
it requires an immediate and full investigation."

LULAC National Executive Director Brent Wilkes said the group is also looking
at the incident because of the rising number of hate crimes against immigrants
in the U.S. "Our concern is that the anti-immigrant rhetoric that's been pretty
visible in media and in policy discussions is starting to embolden people to
take the next step in terms of getting violent with immigrants, or people who they
perceive to be immigrants, which primarily means Latinos and their communities,
" Wilkes said.

http://www.aztlan.net/another_attack_in_shenandoah.htm

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Related La Voz de Aztlan reports:

Racist Whites kill another undocumented Mexican immigrant
http://www.aztlan.net/shenandoah_anti-mexican_hate_crime.html

Witness to beating death of Mexican immigrant by Whites interviewed
http://www.aztlan.net/arielle_garcia_interview.htm

Charges finally filed in the hate killing of Mexican immigrant
http://www.aztlan.net/charges_in_hate_killing.htm

Arab-American Severely Beaten by Islamophobics in California
http://www.aztlan.net/arab_american_beaten.htm


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