Congress Extends PATRIOT Act
By now, you have probably heard that Congress extended the sunsettng provisions of the PATRIOT Act without any changes for a year. ALA and many individual librarians lobbied heavily for changes to the three expiring provisions but Congress was too busy with other matters and the parties too unwilling to compromise to make any changes, and so simply extended the provisions for a year. for the ALA position on the extensions, see http://www.wo.ala.org/districtdispatch/?p=4458.
