AMENDING THE PATRIOT ACT
"AMENDING THE PATRIOT ACT" (from Steven Aftergood's Secrecy News)
In the face of intense pressure from the Bush Administration to affirm the USA Patriot Act and to extend all of its provisions beyond their 2005 "sunset," there is bipartisan movement in Congress to amend certain provisions of the Act and to place new checks on the authorities it provided.
"Given the bipartisan opposition to the [Patriot Act] at this moment as it currently stands, there are many of us who believe it is necessary to make some adjustments in the law as we move toward reauthorization," said Sen. Larry Craig (R-ID), an original sponsor of the Security and Freedom Ensured (SAFE) Act to amend the Patriot Act.
"The SAFE Act restores what I believe is the proper level of judicial oversight in the process," said Sen. Craig.
The Ashcroft Justice Department opposes the measure.
See the April 7 Senate colloquy on the SAFE Act here:
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