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...cited as concerns sections of the legislation that allow the extension of the amount of time individuals may be detained, a gag rule on librarians and bookstore owners that prohibits them from telling patrons that federal agents have requested their records, and the right to delay notification of search warrants??dubbed by critics the “sneak and peak” provision...
...begin with, there is concern that judicial authorization would make torture a common practice as investigators turn away from other techniques. That worry seems especially plausible if judges don’t turn down requests for “torture warrants?? frequently enough to discourage agents from resorting to torture except as a last resort. And even when judges do say no, there’s no guarantee that agents won’t torture illegally (as Dershowitz accuses them of doing currently...