The Nation - News from Nov. 1, 1985
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The National Rifle Assn. has joined the American Civil Liberties Union in an unusual alliance opposing a Justice Department plan to place the names of white-collar crime suspects and their associates in the FBI’s super crime computer. The NRA said it had serious questions about the plan to list white-collar suspects, who have not been convicted of any crime, in the FBI’s National Crime Information Center. The NRA and ACLU rarely see eye to eye on legal issues, especially on gun-control efforts.
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