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To: abstract who wrote (3075)	6/14/2004 11:06:20 PM
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Big Brother Slips It In The Son of Patriot Act Also Rises Legislators use legal tricks to try to pass Patriot Act II provisions broadening government power, adding parts of the act to unrelated must-pass bills. It's a repeat of last year's events, but this time opponents are watching. By Kim Zetter. ... critics, like conservative former Rep. Bob Barr (R-Georgia), say that rather than abandoning the legislation altogether, the department has been extracting provisions and having sympathetic lawmakers slip them one by one into new bills to pass the legislation piecemeal. At least five other bills pending in Congress also contain provisions from Patriot Act II, but HR 3179 is the one that's in imminent danger of being passed under the radar. wired.com