Patriot Act renewed 89-10

Even Harry "We killed the Patriot Act" Reid voted for it. Read all about it here in one of the most biased AP articles I think I have ever read.
The 89-10 vote marked a bright spot in President Bush's troubled second term as his approval ratings dipped over the war in Iraq and his administration's response to Hurricane Katrina.

For now, Bush and his Republican allies savored a significant victory. For months, their tough-on-terror image has been tarnished by the revelation that the president authorized a secret domestic wiretapping program. The report in December gave Democrats ammunition for their charge that the Bush administration had run amok in its zeal to root out terrorists.

Not much of a secret anymore, thanks NY Times. And for the zillionth time, it is not a domestic spying program. It tracks calls originating or ending overseas and is between suspected terrorists. What is so hard to understand about that?

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