News Announcement From Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Republican Member Orrin Hatch -- Chairman Patrick Leahy and Ranking Republican Member Orrin Hatch of the Senate Judiciary Committee announced Wednesday night that they, the White House and the Department of Justice have reached agreement in principle on the contents of the Senate's anti-terrorism package. Final legislative drafting will continue through the night, and the senators hope to be able to transmit the bill to Majority Leader Daschle and Republican Leader Lott on Thursday. They will not issue further statements or release the final contents of the bill until Thursday. They issued these brief comments: Chairman Patrick Leahy: "These have been complex and difficult negotiations, but after much hard effort we have completed work on this bipartisan agreement." Ranking Republican Member Orrin Hatch: "I want to compliment the Chairman for his efforts and am pleased to report that our agreement takes into account each of our principled beliefs and is based on our views on the proper balance between the rule of law and our civil liberties." # # # # #