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[gunslnger.livejournal.com]

Last year, the Democrat-controlled Congress quietly slipped through a one-year extension to the PATRIOT Act, with little opposition which was later signed by President Obama.

This year, Congress intends to renew three controversial provisions of this Act, and due to legislation introduced by Representative Mike Rogers [MI-8] (H.R. 67) and Senator Patrick Leahy [VT] (S. 193), the pieces are in place to extend them for another year. On Thursday, February 3, at 10AM, the Senate Judiciary Committee will hold hearings on Senator Leahy's bill.

The three provisions set to expire are the "roving wiretap" provision, which allows the government to conduct surveillance without specifying person or place being wiretapped; the "library records" provision that allows the government to collect "any tangible thing" during an investigation; and the "lone wolf" provision, which targets "non-US" persons unaffiliated with terrorists.

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I think this is crap. I was against the PATRIOT Act when it was first passed and I'm against it now.

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[underlankers.livejournal.com]

To me he should have asked for the recount of all of Florida. Asking for specific counties is very, very risky. Even if he had won thus it's a perfect propaganda opportunity for the Republican Party as "the Democrats don't want *all* of your votes to count" (which given their real-life propaganda probably understates some of it). Of course this was Al Gore and he self-destructed, so......yeah.