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Forcing the expiration of the PATRIOT Act; go Rand Paul
Topic Started: May 30 2015, 04:38 PM (140 Views)
Axtremus
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HOLY CARP!!!
Article:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/exclusive-rand-paul-i-will-force-the-expiration-of-the-patriot-act-118443.html

I am with Rand Paul on this one.

What say you?
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Axtremus
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Update:

http://www.politico.com/story/2015/05/mitch-mcconnell-nsa-patriot-act-surveillance-118453.html

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Key parts of the PATRIOT Act expired at midnight after a bitterly divided Senate adjourned after failing to reach agreement during a rare Sunday session to extend the anti-terror law.

The Senate did vote overwhelmingly to advance the USA Freedom Act, a House-passed surveillance reform bill that GOP leaders opposed but were forced to accept given the lack of time and other alternatives. But Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) refused to allow that measure to be adopted in time to replace the expiring PATRIOT Act provisions.
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Mark
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sweet! Go Rand!
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Axtremus
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Watch John Oliver take this on, with an in-person interview with Edward Snowden, no less:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XEVlyP4_11M



In the first half of his interview with Snowden, John Oliver acted like a dick ... but starting from the 24:45 mark, John Oliver redeemed himself and then some.
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