"The sunset provisions of the Patriot Act that President Bush now wishes to override were designed to give Congress an opportunity in 2005 to see if the law was keeping America both safe and free," ACLU Executive Director Anthony Romero said.

January 20, 2004 - ACLU Urges Congress to Reject Bush Call to Make Patriot Act Permanent

April 19, 2004 - Bush: Renew Patriot Act or Else -- "To abandon the Patriot Act would deprive law enforcement and intelligence officers of needed tools in the war on terror, and demonstrate willful blindness to a continuing threat," says George W. Bush.

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