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Senate GOP backs down on Patriot Act
Friday, May 09, 2003 - New York Times

"There's a delicate balance between liberty and security," said Sen. Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., who was one of the authors of the so-called "lone wolf" counter-terrorism measure. "It's a see-saw, and that's the debate that we're seeing now in Congress."

WASHINGTON - Senate Republicans backed down yesterday from an effort to make permanent the Patriot Act's sweeping anti-terrorism powers, clearing the way for passage of a less divisive measure that would still expand the government's ability to spy on foreign terrorist suspects in the United States.

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