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> Administration officials said later that they had to start the lengthy procedure of winding down the counter-terrorism program in anticipation of Congress fai
by jxcl 11y ago
> Administration officials said later that they had to start the lengthy procedure of winding down the counter-terrorism program in anticipation of Congress failing to act.
I find this sentence construction grating. They didn't fail to act. They acted to stop the program (well... so far).
- mkoryak 11y agoHere is an interesting quote: "About 300 such searches were made in 2014." I cant decide if it was better if this was true (and start to mentally calculate the cost of each search) or if this is a ridiculous lie
- erichurkman 11y ago300 searches of `select *`?
- fnordfnordfnord 11y ago"About" like, nightly, "rounded" down.
- perfTerm 11y agoHmm, and 300 reported is what percentage of the total?
- tsotha 11y agoThat's not the case as I understand it. Portions of USA Patriot have sunset provisions - all Congress has to do to make them go away is nothing. They're not acting to stop anything.