CrimLaw

Ashcroft tries to bluff back Senators who are trying to fix the PATRIOT Act.

Here's a nice bit of hyperbole: By returning the law to its former state (and in some cases only moving it closer to its former state) "Ashcroft . . . said the legislation would "make it even more difficult to mount an effective anti-terror campaign than it was before the Patriot Act was passed."

The sky is falling! The sky is falling!