Senate Proceeding 02-16-06 on Feb 16th, 2006 :: 0:02:15 to 0:04:10
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i. explained that. at. lengtb:h-yesterday. and no. one else. other-than senator?& sununb.u. came. db.own to the 2 floor to. even. defen:?d. the?`?-deal some of. my. colleague?s have been -argue, howev?@er[ that. we. should&?-go along with. thi~?s. bill. because the. conference. report. as amended?

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Speech By: Russell Feingold
Bill: S. 2271: USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006

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-makes. better. the patriot act we-passed four years ago?: it's hard. for m?e. to. understand-that senators. who blocked the ?-conference report. in. dec?ember -can. no say. it's. a great deal-it's n&?ot a great?@ deal b-it's just. as. flawed. as it was two months agob-no amount b.

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of. cosmetics is. goingb-to make. this. beast look. anyv`b-prettierb let a? me. walk. through the-provisions ?-first, there's the issue tb.hat-was. the linchpin of the bill. the senate passed without. objection ?-b-in.

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goel. of -- july. of. last. year 7 that, of course, is the. standard &b-for. obtaining business.>? recor ds?`?-under section 2 215 this givesv? the>?r government-extremely. @road powers. to.v@ secretly? obtain people's`b-business?i records

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the. senate. bill would have ?-required that. the government-prove. to. a judge that the.b`-records @ it. sought. had some. link-to suspected terrorists. or spiesb- their activities`b&?-madam. president the conference-b-report does. not include t?his.z-a requv?irement& now it

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does contain some ~-improvement. to. section 215 but they are basically around. the edges-ircontains? req?@uires. meaning that.i the. executive branch. has to. set rules for. how to.> re.mainb -insurance--- information and it requires. clearance from.

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aba ?-seniorb f.bbi official before ?-the. government. can seek. to.b-obtain par3ticularly sev?nsitive.b-records like. library gun andb-medical. recorb.dsb&?-but. the core. issue the core.b-issue of. sectiony 215 is. theb-standard for obtaining these >6 records i

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n the first? place~-neither. theb m?zinimization-procedures nor tyhe hig?h. levelb`b-signoff. changes the.7 fact that the. government can still obtain 2?-sensitive business records of i b&-innocent law abi?ding person @b&

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?@ ins - @ americans?-the. standard in the? conference report, relevance. l still allow b-government fishing scped ditionz-that's unacceptable and theb b-b-sununu bill d oes. not change. that b`b&-next let me. turn.z{? to. judicial ?-review of. the section~