Ratcheting up its attack on government cyber-surveillance efforts, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a print and Internet advertising campaign that warns of "massive" government monitoring efforts. In a full-page ad set to debut later this month in issues . . .
Ratcheting up its attack on government cyber-surveillance efforts, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) is launching a print and Internet advertising campaign that warns of "massive" government monitoring efforts. In a full-page ad set to debut later this month in issues of The New Yorker and The New York Times Magazine, the ACLU warns that government e-surveillance programs like "Carnivore" and "Echelon" are encroaching on Fourth Amendment protections against "unwarranted government surveillance."

ACLU Associate Director Barry Steinhardt said that he hopes the ads will re-spark the national debate over government surveillance efforts, prompting Congress, in turn, to move the issue to the top of its agenda.

"We are clearly trying to raise public awareness about the extent of the government's capacity for (electronic) eavesdropping," Steinhardt said. "We're trying to focus the attention of the (Bush) administration and the Republican leadership."

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