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December 10, 2005
Bush Wants 16 Provisions of the USA Patriot Act Renewed
Today U.S. President George W. Bush applauded "for its good work" a "House and Senate conference committee" that "reached an agreement on reauthorization of the Patriot Act."
"Now Congress needs to finish the job," he said during his weekly radio address. Both the Senate and the House need to hold a prompt vote, and send me a bill renewing the Patriot Act so I can sign it into law." Mr. Bush added:
This week's agreement would renew all 16 provisions of the Patriot Act that are scheduled to expire at the end of this month -- and it would make 14 of these provisions permanent.Frankly, I find the prospect of the act being renewed frightening. With this act, legislation for a congressionally mandated dictatorship is in place.
Here's a White House transcript of Mr. Bush's December 10, 2005 radio address.
Note: This item is cross posted at The Opinion Gazette.
Posted by Munir Umrani at December 10, 2005 11:03 AM
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