If it makes anyone feel better, I believe handgun purchases will NOT go in that database. Ashcroft says its a matter of privacy.
At 08:17 PM 11/18/02 -0500, you wrote: >WASHINGTON - If the Homeland Security Act is not amended before passage, here >is what will happen to you: >Every purchase you make with a credit card, every magazine subscription you >buy >and medical prescription you fill, every Web site you visit and e-mail you >send >or receive, every academic grade you receive, every bank deposit you make, >every trip you book and every event you attend - all these transactions and >communications will go into what the Defense Department describes as "a >virtual, centralized grand database." Deb Messling -^..^- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.419 / Virus Database: 235 - Release Date: 11/13/02
