Weekly column: Will Congress renew Patriot Act?

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://news.com.com/2010-1071_3-5650840.html

The next chapter in the Patriot Act
April 4, 2005, 4:00 AM PT
By Declan McCullagh

If you thought the congressional debate over Terri Schiavo was intense, 
wait until the one over the Patriot Act begins this week.

Both the Senate and the House of Representatives are kicking off what 
promises to be a tumultuous series of hearings about whether to renew 
key sections of the controversial 2001 law. Roughly half of the law is 
set to expire on Dec. 31.

It's too early to know whether the hearings will be a sober analysis of 
surveillance and privacy or a Republican ploy to rubber-stamp a renewal. 
Early signs are positive; presiding over the Senate hearings will be 
Arlen Specter, R-Penn., who supported a partial repeal of the Patriot 
Act last year. His House counterpart, F. James Sensesnbrenner, R-Wis., 
has made similar comments in the past.

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