USA: Senate rejects extension of Patriot Act
While the House of Representatives voted on 14 December to renew provisions of the Patriot Act, the Senate, expressing concerns about broad surveillance of Americans, rejected the extension of this post 11-September anti-terrorism legislation. This comes following the admission by President Bush that since October 2001 he authorized secret surveillance of communications by US citizens on US soil, without obtaining warrants from courts.
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