Did Bush commit another stealth attack by signing the latest anti-terror law on a Saturday--the same Saturday Saddam was captured? Probably not. While the bill does contain provisions that were in the never-introduced Patriot Act II, it did pass both houses and there was press about it at the time--and we cautioned and complained about it several times.

Our last post was when it passed both houses of Congress. Before that, we wrote about it here , and in more detail, where we called Congress' actions a "stealth attack" here .

We don't think Saddam's capture had anything to do with Bush signing the bill. It got a sufficient amount of press, but not enough people were concerned about it to make it controversial. The NYTimes covered it, but the link is now dead. Here's an article that's still accessible.

We put out an action alert when the bill was first introduced in September, pointing out that the Administration's game plan was to introduce Patriot Act II piecemeal to avoid protests.

We first warned about the piecemeal plan to pass the provisions of Patriot Act II back in May.

So, this isn't new news or surprising news or a stealth attack--but we hope it makes more people start paying attention -- because this bill certainly isn't the last one the Administration has planned for us.