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Summers’ letters to Powell and Ridge add to a growing debate about the necessity and side effects of the Patriot Act and other post-Sept. 11 legislation, a debate that has been going on for the past two years...
...same time, some fears about the legislation—particularly faculty concern that government agents would make use of a Patriot Act provision allowing them to look into library records without a warrant—have, thus far, not come to fruition, according to University officials...
While some higher education advocates have suggested exempting universities from some of the Patriot Act’s more extreme demands in order to eliminate delays, those close to the new legislation do not seem to support the possibility for exceptions to the legislation’s scrutiny...
Some of the Patriot Act’s more extreme provisions—such as a section allowing wiretapping without previously required court approval—are scheduled to “sunset” next year, and Casey says he presently expects Congress to support the shutdown of some of the Act’s requirements...
With resolution still fixed indefinitely in the future, debate rages on among the nation’s top scholars, academic leaders and, in some cases, its legislators. Bills that would scale back some of the Patriot Act’s provisions are presently under debate in the Senate and the House...