• Obama voted YES on reauthorizing the Patriot Act and also co sponsored the SAFE Act which is
a bill to amend the USA Patriot Act to place reasonable restrictions on the usage of surveillance
and the use of search warrants and includes other purposes as well.

• He voted YES to strike the provisions providing immunity from civil liabilities ton
electronic communication service providers for certain assistance provided to the government.

• He said it was necessary for the nation to strengthen and improve intelligence
capabilities. The Director of Intelligence should be given the necessary authority he/she needs over
budget and personnel.

• He supports extending the right of Habeas Corpus to Guantanamo detainees. This he thinks
absolutely necessary to prove to the world that the Unites States is not a country that ships
prisoners to far off countries in the middle of the night to be tortured.

• He opined that the world should get the message that America is a land of laws, a nation
that stands against torture. He strongly opposes interrogation methods and procedures that brought
about emotional and physical suffering.

• He said he would expand the Hate Crimes Statute by supporting the Mathew Shepherd Act. This
would strengthen federal hate crime legislation and also pull up the Department of Justice.

• He plans to ban racial profiling by federal law enforcement agencies and provide federal
incentives to local police departments who help to prevent this practice.

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