It's an interesting turn of events.
From the AP article:
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n a statement accompanying his signature, the president chastised some lawmakers for what he contended was their attempts to use the bill to restrict the ability of counterterrorism officials to protect the country.
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So Obama's objection, as he signed it into law, was that the final version doesn't give him MORE authority to arrest and detain suspicious people. Interesting. I see on the ACLU site they are pretty upset, saying it's unconstitutional. Didn't Obama also say it was unconstitutional, but then sign it into law anyway? I remember hearing him do that as a state senator, saying a proposed law was an unconstitutional breach of individual rights, but then voting for it. Odd.