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

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  • Must we renew the Patriot Act? by Declan McCullagh, which points to another version of the Final Conference Report (219 pages, PDF)

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