Elrac's Journal: White House hijacks Patriot Reform

This week the Bush administration has strong-armed lawmakers into re-drafting a final Patriot Act reauthorization bill that actually makes the Patriot Act even worse, reversing months of careful and substantive bipartisan negotiations that attempted to deliver real reform.

The rights of everyday Americans will be the losers as Administration officials strong arm Congress into an egregious Patriot Act reauthorization bill that expands government powers beyond even the scope of the original legislation.

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