From: "Mark" 


"Geo."  wrote in message
news:415bdc02$1{at}w3.nls.net...
> No it wasn't, the change they are talking about was slipped thru (it was
> part
> of Patriot II) as a spending bill addon, it was done in secret and without
> the
> full approval that should have been required.

Ah, I was really thinking in terms of the overall Patriot Act, not any one
aspect or the "II" part. Still, in view of the lack of indication
of abuse and this current challenge to the constitutionality of parts of
it, it's not a static act incapable of being modified.

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