Obama set to extend the Patriot Act

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Obama set to extend the Patriot Act :

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4NSL4CAePWQ

The Obama administration has asked Congress to extend three contentious provisions of the USA Patriot Act - a bill once described by President Obama as "shoddy" - and urged an appeals court to deny access to U.S. courts for detainees at a military prison in Afghanistan.

Civil liberties groups immediately criticized both moves, which would extend Bush-era terrorism policies that have long been unpopular with Democrats.

In a letter made public Tuesday, Assistant Attorney General Ronald Weich wrote to Sen. Patrick J. Leahy, Vermont Democrat and chairman of the Judiciary Committee, asking Congress to reauthorize three portions of the Patriot Act that are set to expire at the end of the year.

The three portions permit roving wiretaps, the seizure of certain business records and the monitoring of suspected "lone wolf" terrorists.

http://washingtontimes.com/news/2009/se ... xtensions/

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and the monitoring of suspected "lone wolf" terrorists.

yep these are the ones the establishment fears the most. those that think and act independently.
a cacophony of lone wolfs is what they cannot deal with.