Patriot Act debate will resume in fall
Declan McCullagh writes in C|Net News:
The Patriot Act has been gradually transformed from a temporary antiterrorism measure to a permanent one.
Now that both the House of Representatives and the Senate have approved different versions of legislation to renew the controversial law, pressure is mounting for politicians to agree on a single bill that can be sent to President Bush without delay.
Those negotiations will resume in earnest when Congress returns after Labor Day from its August recess--though whatever the result, nearly all sections of the law are likely to be renewed indefinitely.
When Congress hurriedly drafted the original Patriot Act in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, politicians included a so-called sunset provision that said 16 sections would expire at the end of 2005.
posted by Fergie @ 8/02/2005 07:14:00 AM
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