In weighing renewal of the Patriot Act, the Senate Intelligence Committee is recommending a modest expansion of FBI investigative powers. The ACLU, is drooling again. The episode illustrates how far off the reservation this politicized epigone of a once-solid organization has gone, and how insidiously it has poisoned a much-needed discussion of the proper balance between liberty and security in a post 9/11 world.
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