What happens if the Patriot Act provisions expire?
Posted on AllSides May 30th, 2015
From The Left
At 12:01 a.m. on Monday, the U.S. government may find itself with fewer tools to investigate terrorism.
That's because a tense political standoff over expiring provisions of the Patriot Act will come to a head Sunday on the Senate floor, a week after the same body failed to reach a deal to keep those provisions from lapsing.
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