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VERY interesting. This is going to be fascinating to watch as Obama wants them renewed through 2013. This gives the opportunity for changes to be made in the senate, but another thing that fascinated me was that the person who put the bill to the House was an (R)!
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/patriot-act-notextended/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/0215243/House-Fails-To-Extend-Patriot-Act-Spy-Powers
The Wired article is rather sketchy on the details, there's a lot more meat at NPR via an AP article:
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133607089/house-rejects-extensions-of-patriot-act-provisions
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2011/02/patriot-act-notextended/
http://yro.slashdot.org/story/11/02/09/0215243/House-Fails-To-Extend-Patriot-Act-Spy-Powers
The Wired article is rather sketchy on the details, there's a lot more meat at NPR via an AP article:
http://www.npr.org/2011/02/09/133607089/house-rejects-extensions-of-patriot-act-provisions
