Feds Criticizes House Vote on Patriot Act

[Nambe]

Associated Press

The Justice Department raised strong objections Wednesday to a surprising House vote against covert "sneak and peek" searches in criminal investigations, a move that sponsors said reflected civil liberties concerns raised by the anti-terrorism USA Patriot Act.

By a solidly bipartisan 309-118 vote, the House struck the first serious blow against the law, passed shortly after the Sept. 11 attacks. ---

[arcane1]

1. hope...? Apparently we still have a few tattered shreds of it...

as long as we can see abominations like this being voted against!

[Emboldened Chimp]

2. Great news!

Now if they can vote like that to get rid of the rest of the damn thing, then we're in business!

[lcordero]

3. I hope that the "sneak and plant" searches get banned all together

[indictrichardperle]

4. Jane Harman voted to strip Americans of their rights

She is a neo-con who should not be in the Democratic party.