On Thursday the Senate Judiciary Committee voted to renew all of the powers granted to the U.S. government by the USA PATRIOT act - passed hastily in 2001 in the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks - that were set... ...full story at RConversation
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2008 Presidential Candidate Ron Paul and China »
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