Would hate to have this IMPORTANT piece of info lost amidst the cluster

[Dover]

of less significant news. Everyone should be asking their Democratic saviors how this happened.

Senate opponents concede renewal of the Patriot Act


March 1, 2006, 11:56PM
Senate opponents concede renewal of the Patriot Act
Revised version adds protections for suspects in terror probes


By LAURIE KELLMAN
Associated Press


WASHINGTON - The Senate on Wednesday cleared the path for renewing the USA Patriot Act, swatting aside objections while adding new protections for people targeted by government investigations.

The overwhelming votes virtually ensured that Congress will renew President Bush's anti-terror law before it expires March 10. The Senate is expected to pass the two-bill package, renewing the law with the added protections, today. The House was expected to pass the legislation next Tuesday.

Opponents, who insisted the new protections were cosmetic, conceded defeat.

"The die has now been cast," Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., acknowledged after the Senate voted 84-15 to end his filibuster. "Obviously at this point, final passage of the reauthorization bill is now assured."...>

http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/nation/3695018.html

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The Senate voted to add new protections to the 2001 anti-terror law in three areas:
• Secret subpoenas: Recipients of subpoenas for information in terror investigations will have the right to challenge a requirement that they refrain from telling anyone.

• No names : Suspects no longer will have to provide the FBI with the name of a lawyer consulted about a National Security Letter — a demand for records issued by investigators.

• Libraries : ClarifIes that most libraries are not subject to demands in letters for information about suspected terrorists.

[Minnesota Libra]

1. Believe my Senators will hear from me on this one, I'm

....so angry I could :puke:

[Individualist]

2. K&R

I'm thoroughly disgusted but not surprised.

[Nikki Stone 1]

3. I saw this

Happened under the dang radar. The UAE story took a lot of attention

[alfredo]

4. When bush signs the law, he will reverse those changes

and probably add something to increase his power over us.

[Nikki Stone 1]

5. Approved 89 to 10

Wonder who the 10 were?

[radio4progressives]

9. Here are the 10 that Voted No..

http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/r ...
10 NAY votes

Akaka (D-HI)
Bingaman (D-NM)
Byrd (D-WV)
Feingold (D-WI)
Harkin (D-IA)
Jeffords (I-VT)
Leahy (D-VT)
Levin (D-MI)
Murray (D-WA)
Wyden (D-OR

[Nikki Stone 1]

11. Not a one from my state

Guess I'm gonna have to vote for Feingold

[stickdog]

14. Boxer, why hath thou abandoned us?

[radio4progressives]

6. This was hotly discussed over at gd poltics (link)

i posted a quick heads up and was immediately slammed for calling attention to it..

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=132&topic_id=2489433&mesg_id=2489433

[bananas]

12. That's a fucking depressing thread.

I'm not slamming you, BTW.
The responses are fucking depressing.
It's hopeless.
I hear Antartica is melting, maybe I'll move there,
and grow dental floss.

[Dover]

13. Dental floss tycoons are being sent to Montana soon.

[Cleita]

7. This selling out of our rights is going to keep happening until

we change Congress from the corrupt rubber stampers that we have now. I saw this earlier and am not surprised.

[shadowlight]

8. RF 4 PREZ

[radio4progressives]

10. Yep! Get on the Russ Bus!