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Senate Fails To Reauthorize Patriot Act Provisions

Posted by Zonk on from the privacy-1-bush-1 dept.

PostConsumerRecycled writes "CNN is reporting that 'The Senate on Friday rejected attempts to reauthorize several provisions of the USA Patriot Act as infringing too much on Americans' privacy and liberty, dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders ... If a compromise is not reached, the 16 Patriot Act provisions expire on December 31.' The story also links to listing of the provisions that will expire."

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  1. We don't deserve to win by kuriharu · · Score: 1, Flamebait
    "dealing a huge defeat to the Bush administration and Republican leaders ... If a compromise is not reached, the 16 Patriot Act provisions expire on December 31"

    How about it's a huge defeat for national security? I'm not surprised CNN wrote it this way, but exactly how are we supposed to find Al Qaeda cells in the U.S.? Ask suspected terrorists for permission first before we bug them?

    The terrorists aren't going to bomb us because they're too crafty; they're going to bomb us because we're too stupid to stop them.