House Panel OKs Patriot Act Provisions

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House Panel OKs Patriot Act Provisions

Wednesday July 13, 2005 9:46 PM


By KATHERINE SHRADER

Associated Press Writer

WASHINGTON (AP) - The Republican-led House Intelligence Committee approved Democratic provisions Wednesday that would place modest controls over the ways the FBI can monitor terror suspects under the Patriot Act.

Committee chairman Peter Hoekstra, R-Mich., opened the session to the public in a limited way by allowing one news organization - The Associated Press - to attend, in a move that aides said was unprecedented.

Three other amendments that Democrats proposed failed, including one that would have blocked investigators from getting records from libraries or book stores.

The panel approved a measure that would let one provision expire in 2010, unless extended by Congress, that allows the FBI to wiretap ``lone wolf'' terrorists who may be operating on their own, without control from a foreign agent or power.


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