Friday, July 01, 2005
Curbing the Patriot Act
House Votes To Curb Patriot Act
FBI's Power to Seize Library Records Would Be Halted
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 16, 2005; A01
The House handed President Bush the first defeat in his effort to preserve the broad powers of the USA Patriot Act, voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations.
Bush has threatened to veto any measure that weakens those powers. The surprise 238 to 187 rebuke to the White House was produced when a handful of conservative Republicans, worried about government intrusion, joined with Democrats who are concerned about personal privacy.
".... Forget library records. The challenge is to keep Uncle Sam out of your medical, credit, educational, employment and tax records; not to mention to keep them physically out of your home or business where they may now go in secret without telling you." - MCR ¶ 7/01/2005 09:28:00 AM
FBI's Power to Seize Library Records Would Be Halted
By Mike Allen
Washington Post Staff Writer
Thursday, June 16, 2005; A01
The House handed President Bush the first defeat in his effort to preserve the broad powers of the USA Patriot Act, voting yesterday to curtail the FBI's ability to seize library and bookstore records for terrorism investigations.
Bush has threatened to veto any measure that weakens those powers. The surprise 238 to 187 rebuke to the White House was produced when a handful of conservative Republicans, worried about government intrusion, joined with Democrats who are concerned about personal privacy.
".... Forget library records. The challenge is to keep Uncle Sam out of your medical, credit, educational, employment and tax records; not to mention to keep them physically out of your home or business where they may now go in secret without telling you." - MCR ¶ 7/01/2005 09:28:00 AM
