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SENATE INTELLIGENCE COMMITTEE APPROVES NEW FBI POWERS IN PATRIOT ACT:
WASHINGTON (AP) — The FBI would get expanded powers to subpoena records without the approval of a judge or grand jury in terrorism investigations under Patriot Act revisions approved Tuesday by the Senate Intelligence Committee.
This is encouraging. It’s tougher to get things through the Senate than through the larger House of Representatives.