Accord on anti-terror law faces opposition

[rodeodance]

6 senators --(three Democrats and three Republicans) -



http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-11-18T014228Z_01_MCC806094_RTRUKOC_0_US-IRAQ-USA-FEITH.xml&archived=False

Accord on anti-terror law faces opposition
Thu Nov 17, 2005 7:32 PM ET172

By Thomas Ferraro

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A bipartisan group of six senators vowed on Thursday to oppose renewal of the anti-terror Patriot Act unless a tentative accord drafted by Republican-led negotiators was changed to provide greater protections of civil liberties.
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The Patriot Act, a controversial centerpiece of President George W. Bush's war on terror, was enacted after the September 11, 2001, attacks on the United States to expand federal powers to track suspected terrorists.

Republican-led negotiators agreed on Wednesday to extend or make permanent key provisions set to expire next month, including ones covering wiretaps, Internet surveillance and access to personal records.

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Among the revisions they demanded were ones that would require the government to convince a judge that records sought have a connection to a suspected terrorist or spy. They also want people more quickly advised after they are subjected to "a sneak-and-peek search" of their home or place of business........

[54anickel]

1. Links to a different article now

Pentagon agrees to probe Feith's role in Iraq intel


Here's a new link to the original article

http://today.reuters.com/news/newsArticle.aspx?type=politicsNews&storyID=2005-11-18T003248Z_01_MCC801847_RTRUKOC_0_US-CONGRESS-PATRIOT.xml

[benEzra]

2. A better description would be "anti-civil-liberties law"... (n/t)