Increased Scrutiny of Patriot Act Reauthorization Highlights Key Issue
LA Times: Was Focus of Patriot Act Debate a Dodge? - The 'library provision' took center stage, but critics say subpoena-like national security letters, widely used by the FBI, deserve greater scrutiny.
previous posting on FBI use of National Security Letters
Related article:
Must we renew the Patriot Act? by Declan McCullagh, which points to another version of the Final Conference Report (219 pages, PDF)