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Title: Republicans Move to Make PATRIOT Act Permanent (Democrat support likely)
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Infowars.com
URL Source: http://www.infowars.com/republicans ... to-make-patriot-act-permanent/
Published: Feb 4, 2011
Author: Kurt Nimmo
Post Date: 2011-02-04 11:52:09 by Hondo68
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Freshly emboldened by their mid-term congressional wins, establishment Republicans are set to extend the unconstitutional police state Patriot Act. It is set to expire in three weeks and Republicans are eager to make sections of the legislation permanent. Rep. Ron Paul is one of a small number of members of Congress who do not support the unconstitutional PATRIOT Act. On Thursday, the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote to continue and extend the law. "Having this debate year after year offers little certainty to agents utilizing these provisions to keep the nation safe," said ranking member Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa. "Short-term reauthorizations lead to operational uncertainty and compliance and reporting problems if the reauthorization occurs too close to expiration,” Grassley continued. “If these provisions are necessary, we should provide more certainty rather than simply revisiting the law year after year given the indefinite threat we face from acts of terrorism, and that looks like decades ahead. We should permanently reauthorize the three expiring provisions." Grassley, Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and Intelligence Committee Ranking Republican Saxby Chambliss, R-Ga., will introduce legislation to make the measures permanent. The Senate leadership has initiated procedures for a vote on the legislation. "These are going to expire in a couple weeks so I would hope that all senators in both parties who have interest in that will meet with me and Sen. Grassley. None of us want to play politics on national security and we should get moving on this," said committee chairman Patrick Leahy, a Vermont Democrat. Leahy introduced a reauthorization of the unconstitutional act last week that would extend and reform some provisions set to expire on February 28. Leahy's reforms, known as the USA PATRIOT Act Sunset Extension Act of 2011, would limit the government's power in gathering intelligence on individuals in the United States. Many observers, including the ACLU and the American Library Association, say the reforms do not go far enough. The ACLU has called the legislation unconstitutional.
Poster Comment: One RINO opposes the patriot crushing act, Ron Paul. The vast majority of Democrats and Republicans are jack booted statists. A lot of Americans must hate liberty, since they keep electing these bozos. 
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#1. To: hondo68 (#0)
This may be true or not but the source is suspect so I have hope it is false.
With Clock Ticking, Senators Fight Over PATRIOT Act Renewal cybersecurityreport.nextg...wal.php?oref=latest_posts The top Republican on the Senate Judiciary Committee postponed a vote on extending contentious surveillance provisions in a national security law -- set to expire in three weeks -- so that he could unveil a bill that would make the sections permanent.
Renewal means there will again be an expiration date. Though at this stage the Republicans seem to not want to give up the Patriot act because they use it as a cudgel against any Democrat or libertarian minded Republican who would be against the Patriot Act. Man, even the name "Patriot act" after 9/11 just makes me feel queasy all these years later. I mean, if I saw in a movie where after some spectacular act of terrorism the US govt passed these kind of laws with this Patriot Act name I would have called it too melodramatic. truth is stranger than fiction. I will never forgive the GOP for working up the fear hysteria and I will never forgive the Democrats for being sniveling cowards and not blocking this law for fear of looking weak on 'defense' or whatever.
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#2. To: Godwinson (#1)
This may be true or not but the source is suspect so I have hope it is false.
#3. To: We The People (#2)
With Clock Ticking, Senators Fight Over PATRIOT Act Renewal
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