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House Casts Shadow on Sunsetting Provisions of Patriot Act

February 9, 2011

By a vote of 277–148, the House defeated reauthorization of the “library” provision of the USA Patriot Act February 8 for the first time since its enactment 10 years ago. Section 215, which allows federal authorities conducting a counterterrorism investigation to seize someone’s library records or business records unbeknownst to the individual and without a … Continue reading House Casts Shadow on Sunsetting Provisions of Patriot Act