The US Senate voted to approve a six-month extension of key Patriot Act provisions. Expect a less-recognizable but equally liberty-shredding version in June. Link to NYT story. (Thanks, Nate Johnson)
Reader comment: Rob Williams says,
The extension has been reduced to 1 month by the House (according to the Washington Post). Interestingly it has been shortened with Republican support. House Judiciary Committee Chairman F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.) said, "The fact is that a six-month extension, in my opinion, would have simply allowed the Senate to duck the issue until the last week in June."
Link to story.
