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The timing of the renewal is awfully convenient -- two weeks after the death of the number one most wanted terrorist, and immediately preceding a presidential (
by gregholmberg 15y ago
The timing of the renewal is awfully convenient -- two weeks after the death of the number one most wanted terrorist, and immediately preceding a presidential (re)election cycle.
I would hope that an intelligent, accomplished US leader would not feel the need to flex military muscle and pass tough-guy legislation just to gain credibility with right wing voters.
- jdp23 15y agoThe timing's due to the three-month extension in February. With strong libertarian, progressive, and tea party opposition to the PATRIOT Act, Democratic and Republican leadership both want to remove it as a campaign issue for 2012: the House Judiciary Committee was proposing a six-year extension, and in the Senate Feinstein was proposing 2013.