Apparently the Patriot Act will be allowed to die
 

..."Senate rejects reauthorization of Patriot Act"

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10485860/

The way I am understanding this is the Patriot Act will expire on December 31st.

That's some great news. I thought the new bill passed with the additives.

yes it will they caught bush in a lie, he ordered the NSA to tap US citizens phone calls and e-mails without warrants.... i guess they found that reason enough to strip that right from the government... especially after lying about it for 3 years..

Most of the Patriot Act ? which expanded the government?s surveillance and prosecutorial powers against suspected terrorists, their associates and financiers ? was made permanent when Congress overwhelmingly passed it after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks on New York City and Washington. Making the rest of it permanent was a priority for both the Bush administration and Republican leaders on Capitol Hill before Congress adjourns for the year.


so it's not all of it.

Apparently the whole of the Patriot Act will not expire...but 16 of the provisions (the most controversal ones) that had sunset clauses will be allowed to die.

it will be interesting to see if any of those who've done this (Bush included) will be prosecuted for these crimes

that would be rather amusing

Nixon lost the presidency for less

Only a small portion of it will die. And that is a good start.

i hear they might hold a congressional hearing against bush

I heard a lot of things too. chchskt is a firm illuminati beleiver and post tons of bullshit arround the board everyday.

Was there any word about citizen's that are currently under surveilance and how long they will be under surveilance?

"Investigators will still be able to use those powers to complete any investigation that began before the expiration date, according to a provision in the original law."

Bump for the evening crew.

Hopefully this turns out to be the first major step in a new direction. Not even Sentate Republicans can defend the shit Bush's been pulling.....