Patriot Act debate draws crowd at Taos Civic Center
A packed El Taosofio room heard Judge Peggy Nelson Moises Morales and ACLU leader Peter Simonson discuss the Patriot Act six weeks after 9 11. They warned of civil liberties erosion and potential roving wiretaps and data collection under Sections 206 and 213 and future information databases.
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Taos Civic Center
Eighth District Court
Peggy Nelson
Rio Arriba County
Moises Morales
New Mexico
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
America
New York City
Washington, D.C
United States
U.S
Peter Simonson
Simonson
FISA
George W. Bush
Iraq
Bush
FBI
Nelson
Congress
George Shepherd
Taos
University of Denver
Shepherd
State Department
Little Rock Reed
Ohio
Betsy Phillips
Rio Arriba
Eighth Judicial District
Activist recounts loss of civil rights in Rio-Amarilla talk
Rio-Ariba County commissioner Moises Morales spoke Thursday at the Atriba Courthouse in Tiara Amarilla about losing civil rights. He described a personal history of rights deprivation and warned residents including ranchers and farmers about protections under historic treaties and government actions.
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Rio-Afriba County
Morales
Drought drives Taos County residents to seek water relief
Stella Gallegos of El Salto led a countywide effort amid a multiyear drought that left wells dry and forced families to haul water. The story details a lack of county action, aid programs, and the struggle of disabled residents while highlighting 200 potential affected households and Gallegos’s push for state drought funds and local support.
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Angelina Martinez
Margie Abeyta
Taos County
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New Mexico
Martinez
Buffalo
Roberta
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