The House fails to extend three important P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act provisions!

[thewayne]

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

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[the-samosaurus.livejournal.com]

Yo yo! I don't think that we'll be able to table on campus, but we will sell tickets for the show at the door, so I guess if you are coming to the 2pm show on Sunday, get there a wee bit early! Can't wait to see ya and I hope you guys like it! :)