Bush seeks greater powers for homeland security plan
President Bush outlines a broad homeland security strategy that argues for new powers to fight terrorism. It calls for creating a Homeland Security Department, potential changes to the posse comitatus law, expanded National Guard authority under a new Northern Command, state-law tweaks, drivers license rules, quarantine plans, terrorism insurance, and higher funding levels of $29 billion and $38 billion for the department.
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Justice Department TIPS program to enlist tips from workers
The Justice Department plans Operation TIPS to ask utilities, ship crews and others to report suspicious activity. Civil liberties groups criticized the plan as enabling domestic spying and vigilantism, while officials stressed safeguards against home entries and spurious tips.
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Governors raise concerns on Bush homeland security plan
Governors in Boise voiced worry that new Homeland Security measures could impose burdens on states. They questioned universal driver license standards and a potential move toward a de facto national ID. Budget strains and broader fiscal worries topped the NGA meeting agenda.
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