Patriot Act

Patriot Act: Obama signed a four-year extension of 3 disputed provisions of the Patriot Act on the right just earlier the deadline of midnight yesterday later Senate leaders reached an agreement with Sen. Paul Rand to allow multiple proposals amendment to be introduced for voting, even to make it more difficult for authorities to obtain records of purchases of firearms (LAT, the Washington Post, AFP, Bloomberg, The Wall Street Journal, CBS / AP). The expansion has drawn criticism from some Democrats, if more stringent restrictions on changes to the provision that cleared the Senate Judiciary Committee have been blocked from reaching a vote (Political). The provisions, which passed the Senate 72-23 and then the home 250-153, allow for "roving" wiretaps of multiple telephone line*, the investigation of non-American "lone wolf" suspects not linked to any extremist organization, and the collection of all "tangible" items linked to a terrorist investigation, admitting business and other records (AP). 2 Democratic senators on the Intelligence Committee, Mark Udall and Ron Wyden, said yesterday that the Obama administration's interpretation of a "secret" and large the Patriot Act, which extends well beyond standard treatments of its limitations, especially the ability to anticipate business and other documents (NEW). Also yesterday the House of Representatives adopted a bill of 690 million defense spending despite a veto threat from the White House because of many laws, admitting one that would limit the ability of Obama to try detainees Guantanamo to the America or to transfer them abroad, and another that updates the post-9/11 Authorization to Use Military Force (AUMF), and allow the President to target "related groups" al-Qaeda and the Taliban are not involved in 9 / 11 attacks (AFP, AP, Politico, LAT, National Journal). A statement from the White House urged limits on transfers of detainees, "a dangerous and unprecedented challenge for executive review"