I would just like to report that Obama, meaning his staff, inserted a re-authorization of the Patriot Act in the new jobs bill he is pushing through Congress.
I am disappointed that he does not have the courage to have a vote on the re-authorization in a stand alone bill. I thought we put this stand up guy (he is a stand up guy) in office because we were over this sort of BS the last administration did with almost every bill. The Bush admin just threw shit like this in tax cut bills, now Obama is sneaking it into the jobs bill. Come on man!
And here we go again...
In any event, you be the judge. here is the link to the PDF, you must select page 125 and scroll down and read it for yourself.
Here is a the text.
SEC. 645. EXTENSION OF INTELLIGENCE AUTHORITY SUNSETS. (a) USA PATRIOT IMPROVEMENT AND REAUTHORIZATION ACT OF 2005.—Section 102(b)(1) of the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005
(Public Law 109–177; 50 U.S.C. 1805 note, 50 U.S.C. 1861 note, and 50 U.S.C. 1862 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’.
(b) INTELLIGENCE REFORM AND TERRORISM PREVENTION ACT OF 2004.—Section 6001(b)(1) of the Intel ligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 (Public Law 108–458; 118 Stat. 3742; 50 U.S.C. 1801 note) is amended by striking ‘‘February 28, 2010’’ and inserting ‘‘December 31, 2010’’.
I heard this quote on PBS News Hour, forget the guy who said it, but I think sums up President Obama's 13 months so far in office:
"The candidate of change has become the president of continuity."