FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE AG WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1996 (202) 616-2777 TDD (202) 514-1888 STATEMENT OF ATTORNEY GENERAL RENO ON TODAY'S ACTION ON ANTI-TERRORISM LEGISLATION Following passage of an amendment sponsored by Rep. Robert Barr to anti-terrorism legislation now before the House of Representatives, Attorney General Janet Reno released the following statement: "I am extremely disappointed at today's Congressional action. It keeps too many Americans vulnerable to terrorists and madmen by stripping away provisions that might have helped protect law enforcement from killer bullets and help trace explosives. It bars changes in the law that would have made it possible to trace terrorists' phone calls in a way that is now permitted in organized crime investigations. It guts provisions for the swift expulsion of foreign terrorists and barriers to fund-raising to support terrorism overseas." "It is simply unfair to undercut America's law enforcement officers by asking them to put their life on the line with outdated tools. Terrorism, at home and abroad, poses increasing threats to innocent Americans. President Clinton proposed these sensible measures to protect the American public more than a year ago, and there is no excuse for failure to enact these provisions." ### 96-109
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