New York Correspondent - The U.S. Congress voted in extremis, Thursday, May 26, 2015 the renewal of the Patriot Act, the law "safe" initiated by the Bush administration and passed by legislators after the attacks of September 11, 2011 perpetrated by Al Qaeda. Already extended twice, this law greatly expands the possibilities of tapping and intercepting e-mails carried by the security services, access to information held by private companies or governments on U.S.
citizens and those residing in the U.S. States - such libraries can be required to state the books borrowed by readers - or the monitoring of aliens likely to have links with terrorist activities. The Patriot Act has long been the subject of strong opposition from organizations of civil rights and its removal is requested by a (small) majority of Democrats who feel safe enough arsenal to protect the land without encroaching on individual freedoms, and by some Republicans is for the same reasons, or as one of "libertarian" Paul Rand, by disqualification of any intrusion into the privacy and property rights.
Judged by the White House absolutely "crucial to the security of the United States" - the coordinator of U.S. intelligence, James Clapper, and FBI Director Robert Mueller, had written on Wednesday to elect, urging them to renew the Patriot Act without amendment - that law "temporary" already extended twice absolutely had to be back before May 26 to midnight, preceding its due date.
Senate (72 to 23 cons), the two parties have joined majorities in this way: 30 Democrats (against 18) and 41 Republicans (cons 4) voted in favor. But the House vote (250 for, 153 against) was divided: 196 Republicans have renewed the law (54 voted against), but only 31 were with the Democrats, the party's 122 members voting against Barack Obama.
After the vote, two Democratic senators, Ron Wyder (Oregon) and Mark Udall (Colorado), accused the Obama administration to abuse the provisions of the Patriot Act. "When Americans learn how their government secretly interprets [this law], they are shocked and angry," said Senior. Both are members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Sylvain Cypel 
citizens and those residing in the U.S. States - such libraries can be required to state the books borrowed by readers - or the monitoring of aliens likely to have links with terrorist activities. The Patriot Act has long been the subject of strong opposition from organizations of civil rights and its removal is requested by a (small) majority of Democrats who feel safe enough arsenal to protect the land without encroaching on individual freedoms, and by some Republicans is for the same reasons, or as one of "libertarian" Paul Rand, by disqualification of any intrusion into the privacy and property rights.
Judged by the White House absolutely "crucial to the security of the United States" - the coordinator of U.S. intelligence, James Clapper, and FBI Director Robert Mueller, had written on Wednesday to elect, urging them to renew the Patriot Act without amendment - that law "temporary" already extended twice absolutely had to be back before May 26 to midnight, preceding its due date.
Senate (72 to 23 cons), the two parties have joined majorities in this way: 30 Democrats (against 18) and 41 Republicans (cons 4) voted in favor. But the House vote (250 for, 153 against) was divided: 196 Republicans have renewed the law (54 voted against), but only 31 were with the Democrats, the party's 122 members voting against Barack Obama.
After the vote, two Democratic senators, Ron Wyder (Oregon) and Mark Udall (Colorado), accused the Obama administration to abuse the provisions of the Patriot Act. "When Americans learn how their government secretly interprets [this law], they are shocked and angry," said Senior. Both are members of the Senate Intelligence Committee.
Sylvain Cypel
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