The ONE extends Bush's Eeeevil Patriot Act?!

[Tarheel]

Wait.  WHAT!?

This change ought to make the Barking Moonbat lefties apoplectic with rage at their messiah.  Was this the Hope and Change that they wanted?

Excerpt from the AP, all emphasis is my own:

Obama supports extending Patriot Act provisions

By DEVLIN BARRETT (AP) – 1 day ago

WASHINGTON — The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday.

Lawmakers and civil rights groups had been pressing the Democratic administration to say whether it wants to preserve the post-Sept. 11 law's authority to access business records, as well as monitor so-called "lone wolf" terrorists and conduct roving wiretaps.

The provision on business records was long criticized by rights groups as giving the government access to citizens' library records, and a coalition of liberal and conservative groups complained that the Patriot Act gives the government too much authority to snoop into Americans' private lives.
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Full story:
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5i9LLhtcanBcNhniDqSpnQljdFVogD9ANTS1O4

[Saniflush]

apoplectic

Let me pay you for that one.