Senate Rejects Patriot Act

Reading headlines and TV ticker tape today one would think the wise and honorable senate completely rejected the Patriot Act. We won, we won. But the fat lady hasn't sang and the debate will continue.

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.

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.

The majority of the Patriot Act remains in force. Does the government really need all those "provisions" in the Act made permanent?

Uncle Sam and Pat Act can still seize financial assets, deport immigrants, authorize wiretaps and share intelligence information in order to prevent future terrorist attacks. Still authorized to engage in surveillance of anyone whom it has probable cause to believe is a foreign power or spy - whether or not the person is suspected of any crime.

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