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Paul is still on his feet, on the senate floor, challenging the patriot act which will expire on june 1st unless congress extends it. the justice department today released a memo saying that the national security agency has to know by friday of this week whether the patriotic act is going to be extended. that statement said, quote, after may 22nd, 2015, the national security agency will need to begin taking steps to wind down the bulk telephone metadata program in anticipation of a possible sunset in order to ensure that it does not engage in any unauthorized collection or use of the metadata....

Need to begin taking steps to wind down the bulk telephone metadata program in anticipation of a possible sunset in order to ensure it does not engage in any unauthorized collection or use of the metadata." lee says the senate should just approve the house act that passed last week. >> this will not only allow us to keep the government safe it will actually i think be more effective than the system in place right now under the patriot act. >> yet other republican senators say the house measure's too weak and worry phone companies will not want to store phone records as long as the government w...