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Ridge: Homeland security efforts don't threaten personal freedoms

by Elizabeth M. GILLESPIE<br>Associated Writer
| April 7, 2004 9:00 PM

SEATTLE (AP) — Homeland Security Secretary Tom Ridge defended the USA Patriot Act at a town hall meeting, saying the government is being careful not to use its post-Sept. 11, 2001, investigative powers to trample on civil liberties.

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