Obama extends Patriot Act
Published 10:39 pm Saturday, February 27, 2010
WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Saturday signed a one-year extension of several provisions in the nation’s main counterterrorism law, the Patriot Act. Provisions in the measure otherwise would have expired today.
The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks, expands the government’s ability to monitor Americans. It authorizes court-approved wiretap surveillance on multiple phones and seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations.
