Patriot Act Expansion Vote Coming
The Senate Intelligence Committee held a hearing Tuesday on expanding the Patriot Act. The vote will be Thursday, during a secret hearing. The ACLU outlines the provisions of the bill under consideration:
The bill would grant so-called "administrative subpoena" authority to the FBI, letting the bureau write and approve its own search orders for any tangible thing it deems relevant to an intelligence investigation without approval. This power would let agents seize personal records from medical facilities, libraries, hotels, gun dealers, banks and any other business, without having to appear before a judge, and without any evidence that the people whose records are swept in are involved in any criminal activity.
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