Lawmakers Cave to FBI in Patriot Act Debate

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Powerful Senate leaders on Thursday bowed to FBI concerns that adding privacy protections to an expiring provision of the Patriot Act could jeopardize “ongoing” terror investigations. In an about-face, Sen. Patrick Leahy removed privacy protections in a key Patriot Act provision up for renewal before the Senate Judiciary Committee, which the Democrat of Vermont chairs.