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Congress Makes Deal To Renew Patriot Act For 4 Years

Posted by timothy on from the bipartisan-nomenclature dept.

airfoobar writes "A four-year extension to the highly controversial Patriot Act is set to be rushed through in the coming week." Techdirt has its usual trenchant critique. I hope it's not unpatriotic to raise doubts about "one of the critical tools the intelligence community has to keep America safe."

2 of 350 comments (clear)

  1. Re:Four More Years by Squiddie · · Score: 4, Funny

    He's altered the deal. Hope he does not alter it any further.

  2. Re:Four More Years by Local+ID10T · · Score: 4, Funny

    no no no

    He changed the deal. Hope he does not change it any further.

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