EDITORIAL: Useful progress on the Patriot Act The Associated Press reports House and Senate negotiators have struck a tentative deal on the expiring Patriot Act that would require the Justice Department to more fully report its secret requests for information about ordinary people, according to officials involved in the talks.
EDITORIAL: Risk? What risk? In related -- though much less encouraging -- news, lawmakers this week rejected the idea of awarding emergency response grants under the Patriot Act based on vulnerabilities and attractiveness to terrorists. Instead, they favor handouts that let every member of Congress bring home some pork.
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EDITORIAL: Useful progress on the Patriot Act The Associated Press reports House and Senate negotiators have struck a tentative deal on the expiring Patriot Act that would require the Justice Department to more fully report its secret requests for information about ordinary people, according to officials involved in the talks.
EDITORIAL: Risk? What risk? In related -- though much less encouraging -- news, lawmakers this week rejected the idea of awarding emergency response grants under the Patriot Act based on vulnerabilities and attractiveness to terrorists. Instead, they favor handouts that let every member of Congress bring home some pork.
