"House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules"

[dbeach]

Tiny victory but I 'll take it


Pat act needs to be repealed and more..

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/061605Y.shtml
House Votes to Limit Patriot Act Rules

"Washington - In a slap at President Bush, lawmakers voted Wednesday to block the Justice Department and the FBI from using the Patriot Act to peek at library records and bookstore sales slips.

The House voted 238-187 despite a veto threat from Bush to block the part of the anti-terrorism law that allows the government to investigate the reading habits of terror suspects.

The vote reversed a narrow loss last year by lawmakers concerned about the potential invasion of privacy of innocent library users. They narrowed the proposal this year to permit the government to continue to seek out records of Internet use at libraries."