But Mr. Durbin said that the antiterrorism law, while making many reasonable changes, nonetheless "goes too far" in some instances and that the pending legislation "would protect innocent Americans from unchecked government surveillance".
The inclusion of military units represents a significant change in the Indonesian antiterrorism strategy, which has emphasized law enforcement and open trials and is widely seen as a success.
Shift on Antiterrorism Money Republicans in Congress want to change the way antiterrorism funds are distributed to give more to New York and other places considered at higher risk of attack.
Mr. Ziadeh said he feared that replacing emergency law with antiterrorism laws would constitute only a cosmetic change.
The move to embrace the bulk of the changes appeared to signal a greater acknowledgment of shortcomings in antiterrorism and detention policies than Justice Department officials had publicly admitted.
They have voted in favor of abortion rights, gun control, changes in campaign finance laws, stronger environmental standards and the antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act.
Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg said yesterday that he was not optimistic that federal officials would change their minds about a 40percentt reduction in annual antiterrorism money for New York City.
The government is considering more changes and is enacting others, some of which stem from new antiterrorism legislation.
In April, Mr. Pataki urged Congress to change a funding formula that sought to give New York City 80percentt of any antiterrorism money that the federal government sent to New York State.
In recent days the general who is now president, Pervez Musharraf, has reportedly resolved to strengthen a 1997 antiterrorism law to make it easier to prosecute extremist acts by Islamic militants, and he is pushing for changes to allow longer detention of suspects without trial.
Reading this book one might forget that in the last two years, with broad support from Democrats and the public, the United States has fought two wars, made antiterrorism the central focus of international politics, created a Department of Homeland Security, shifted its Middle East policies and instituted hundreds of changes to its law enforcement and immigration regulations.
