Obama Extends Patriot Act--No One Complains

It seems that the Republicans and President Bush were right all along about the country needing the Patriot Act. Its critics have have lost their voices or changed their minds since the election of Barack Obama.

Wiretaps and surveillance that were scary under President Bush are okey-dokey under President Obama.

The act, which was adopted in the weeks after the Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks, expands the government's ability to monitor Americans in the name of national security.

Three sections of the Patriot Act that stay in force will:

_Authorize court-approved roving wiretaps that permit surveillance on multiple phones.

_Allow court-approved seizure of records and property in anti-terrorism operations.

_Permit surveillance against a so-called lone wolf, a non-U.S. citizen engaged in terrorism who may not be part of a recognized terrorist group.