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02-15-2011, 06:34 PM
By JIM ABRAMS
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.
The short-term extension gives lawmakers a chance to review the measures that critics from both the right and left say are unconstitutional infringements on personal liberties.....
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=14037273
This after they tried to pass a three year extension last night by unanimous consent, which failed when Rand objected.
Associated Press Writer
WASHINGTON (AP) - The Senate on Tuesday voted to extend for 90 days the legal life of three post-Sept. 11 terrorism-fighting measures, including the use of roving wiretaps, that are set to expire at the end of the month.
The short-term extension gives lawmakers a chance to review the measures that critics from both the right and left say are unconstitutional infringements on personal liberties.....
http://www.wtol.com/Global/story.asp?S=14037273
This after they tried to pass a three year extension last night by unanimous consent, which failed when Rand objected.