The Administration's victory lap upon the announcement that
House and Senate conferees had reached agreement on legislation to
reauthorize provisions in the Patriot Act that are set to sunset
December 31st, may be premature. A number of Republican Senators
are joining with many Democrats to stop cloture. These
constitutionalists will then continue efforts to incorporate in the
final legislation the modest but important amendments that were in
the earlier Senate version of the reauthorization. Civil
libertarians on the right and the left support their efforts.
topics:
Constitution, NATO
