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http://japantoday.com/e/?content=news&c
I'd bet the Senate will go right along with them.
14 provisions made permanent; 2 extended past the end of the year.
Quoted from the comments to the article -
You now have the freedom to be kept under constant scrutiny.
You have the freedom for the Feds to check up on what you read.
You have the freedom to be put under the internet equivalent of a phone tap.
You have the freedom to no longer need probable cause before you get treated like a criminal.
And if you don't like it you have the freedom be declared an unperson, and held indefinitely without access to counsel or due process.
Welcome to the future.
Be pure.
Be vigilant.
Behave.
We'll be watching you, citizen.
http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nati
The bill passed on a largely partisan vote of 257-171 after the Republican-controlled House--over Democrats' objections--limited debate to less than half the proposed amendments.
In both the House and the Senate, which will take up its version of the legislation soon, the GOP majorities seem to be moving toward something less than the blanket reauthorization of the Patriot Act that President Bush has publicly urged.
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The Senate moved ahead Thursday with its own reauthorization of the Patriot Act, as the Judiciary Committee unanimously approved changes to its bill and sent it on for consideration by the whole chamber. That bill differs in key respects from the House measure and would apply additional curbs on law enforcement.
Maybe we'll get something a little bit better than what the House passed.
