{"id":2175,"date":"2011-05-28T14:38:44","date_gmt":"2011-05-28T18:38:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/watchwomanonthewall\/?p=2175"},"modified":"2011-05-28T14:47:39","modified_gmt":"2011-05-28T18:47:39","slug":"obama-signs-last-minute-patriot-act-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/watchwomanonthewall\/2011\/05\/obama-signs-last-minute-patriot-act-extension.html","title":{"rendered":"Obama Signs Last-Minute Patriot Act Extension – Representative Questions Method that Obama used to sign"},"content":{"rendered":"

“A government big enough to give you everything you need, is a government big enough to take away everything that you have….” <\/strong>attributed to Thomas Jefferson<\/span><\/p>\n

“Those who sacrifice Freedom for Security shall have neither.” \u25ac <\/strong>attributed to Benjamin Franklin<\/span>.<\/p>\n

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Obama Signs Last-Minute Patriot Act Extension<\/h1>\n

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Published May 27, 2011 |\u00a0FoxNews.com<\/a><\/p>\n

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Minutes before the midnight deadline Thursday, President Obama approved a four-year extension of the government’s Patriot Act powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of terrorists.<\/p>\n

“I think it is an important tool for us to continue dealing with an ongoing\u00a0terrorist threat,” the president said from the G-8 Summit in France.<\/p>\n

The White House said Obama had signed the bill from Europe using an autopen machine that holds a pen and signs his actual signature. It is only used with proper authorization of the president. The action comes a month after intelligence and military forces hunted down Usama bin Laden.<\/p>\n

Following the 72-23 Senate vote, the House voted to approve the bill 250-153 with hours to go before the three terror-fighting tools were set to expire.<\/p>\n

The measure extends the legal life of roving wiretaps, court-ordered searches of business records and surveillance of non-American “lone wolf” suspects without confirmed ties to terrorist groups.<\/p>\n

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Rep. Graves questions Obama’s autopen signing of Patriot Act extension<\/h1>\n