Some portions of the Patriot Act are scheduled to expire at midnight tonight, and Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Senate it’s time for a vote to renew them. But Indiana’s freshman Republican Rand Paul refused to allow a vote because he opposes possible invasions of privacy and gun rights if special courts issue secret warrants.
Gun Rights Make Strange Bedfellows in Patriot Act Debate
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- Spencer Ackerman - national security correspondent and author of “Reign of Terror: How the 9/11 Era Destabilized America and Produced Trump” - @attackerman