Republicans to Extend Patriot Act

Julian Sanchez at CATO writes:

...the new House Intelligence Committee Chair, Mike Rogers (R-Mich.), has introduced yet another one-year extension, which would push the sunset of the expiring provisions back to the end of February 2012. Given the very limited number of days Congress has in session before the current deadline, and the fact that the bill’s Republican sponsor is only seeking another year, I think it’s safe to read this as signaling an agreement across the aisle to put the issue off yet again.

Maybe they can tie on Republican Dan Burton's proposal to wrap the Capitol Building in some sort of shrink wrap turning it into a terrorist-proof bubble and pass what would officially be the scariest piece of legislation ever.

Maybe next year the public will realize just how wrong the Patriot Act is.  Maybe next year someone will care.