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Vermonters Join Congressman Bernie Sanders and Conservative Bob Barr to Discuss the Crisis in Civil Liberties

Date: April 12, 2006
Location: Montpelier, VT
Issues: Conservative


Vermonters Join Congressman Bernie Sanders and Conservative Bob Barr to Discuss the Crisis in Civil Liberties

Montpelier, VT-Vermonters today joined Congressman Bernie Sanders and conservative Republican Bob Barr, former U.S. Representative from Georgia, to discuss the crisis in civil liberties. Bob Barr, one of the more conservative former members of the U.S. House of Representatives, has been an outspoken critic of the USA Patriot Act, and represents a growing number of conservatives who are deeply concerned about the Bush Administration's policies on civil liberties.

Sanders said, "Throughout America people from all walks of life and all political persuasions are becoming increasing concerned about the Bush Administration's assaults on our constitutional rights. Whether it's the overall secrecy under which the Bush Administration acts, or the USA Patriot Act, or secret prisons and the defense of torture or Bush's directive to the NSA to snoop on Americans without court approval, the President has shown great disrespect for those values which make us a free country."

http://bernie.house.gov/documents/document.asp?issueNum=4849

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