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Patriot act expansion woulnd let fbi bypass courts { May 19 2005 } Original Source Link: (May no longer be active)    http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190285may19,1,3030717.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/chi-0505190285may19,1,3030717.story?coll=chi-newsnationworld-hed Patriot Act expansion would let FBI bypass judges By Eric Lichtblau New York Times News Service Published May 19, 2005 WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration and Senate Republican leaders are pushing a plan that would significantly expand the FBI's power to demand business records in terror-related investigations without obtaining approval from a judge, officials said Wednesday. The proposal would let federal investigators subpoena records from businesses and other institutions without a judge's approval if the investigators themselves declare that the material is needed as part of a foreign intelligence investigation. The proposal, part of a broader plan to extend anti-terrorism powers under the USA Patriot Act, was formulated in recent days by Republican leaders on the Senate Intelligence Committee in consultation with the Bush administration, congressional officials said. Administration and congressional officials who support the idea said the proposal would give the FBI a much-needed tool to track leads in terrorism and espionage investigations. They pointed out that the administrative subpoena power being sought for the FBI in terror cases is already in use in more than 300 other types of crimes, including health-care fraud and drug trafficking. "Why not provide that same tool to national security investigators as well?" asked an Intelligence Committee aide involved in the proposal, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the issue will be discussed at a closed-door meeting May 26. But the proposal was called "a dramatic expansion of the federal government's power" by Lisa Graves, senior counsel for the American Civil Liberties Union in Washington. "It's really a power grab by the administration for the FBI to secretly demand medical records, tax records, gun purchase records ... if they deem it relevant to an intelligence investigation," she said. Copyright © 2005, Chicago Tribune

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