Recovered from FSRN’s earlier site via the Internet Archive Wayback Machine. The audio here is FSRN’s own production recording. Originally published September 16, 2009.
The Justice Department sent a letter to Congress on Monday stating the Obama administration’s intention to renew three provisions of the PATRIOT Act due to expire at the end of this year. But the letter also left the door open for the Democratic majority to tighten privacy standards for intelligence and counter-terrorism information gathering. The Left has been critical of lowered privacy standards since the PATRIOT Act was signed following the September 11th terrorist attacks. FSRN’s Matt Pearson reports.
