1.0 link 95417 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/robert-davey/mea-culpa-or-i-believe-i_b_95417.html The Bush administration has repeatedly claimed that the lapse of the Protect America Act, which expired Feb 16 and has yet to be replaced, has significantly impeded the war on terrorism. I think this is probably complete nonsense, and not just because alternative legal tools are available: The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, for example, is tried and true and has the undoubted advantage, for officials genuinely interested in catching suspected terrorists and putting them on trial, of having withstood many...

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