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Friday, February 10, 2006

GOP accepts Patriot Act compromise

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CAMBRIDGE, Md. -- Speaker J. Dennis Hastert said yesterday that House Republicans can accept the USA Patriot Act deal struck Thursday, and key Senate Democrats also endorsed the proposed changes as a good compromise.

"I think they were enough to make sure we can protect the American people," Mr. Hastert, Illinois Republican, told reporters as House Republicans were meeting on Maryland's Eastern Shore for their annual retreat.

Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid, who in December led a filibuster of the bill and boasted he had "killed" the last version, supports the new compromise, a spokesman for the Nevada Democrat said.

The announcements mean the bill, which extends the USA Patriot Act while adding a few new checks, is likely to clear final legislative hurdles and be sent to President Bush for his signature.

The House Republicans met with Mr. Bush for nearly two hours yesterday, most of it behind closed doors, to talk about their agenda and strategy going into November's congressional elections. During the meeting, Mr. Bush repeated his pledge to catch terrorists "dead or alive."

"Laura doesn't like me saying this, but I believe we do need to find al Qaeda, dead or alive," he said, according to a participant.

He also defended the National Security Agency surveillance program, telling the Republicans: "I wake up every morning thinking about a future attack and, therefore, a lot of my thinking and a lot of the decisions I make are based upon the attack that hurt us."

After weeks of rejecting calls for greater congressional oversight, Mr. Bush has agreed to allow briefings for all members of the intelligence committees. Previously just the "gang of eight" -- the top Republican and Democrat on the House and Senate intelligence committees, as well as the Republican and Democrat leaders in each chamber -- were briefed.

Rep. Heather A. Wilson, New Mexico Republican and a member of the House intelligence committee who had sought disclosure to the committee, stood up and thanked the president.

Mr. Hastert told reporters the expansion of the briefings was the right step, and when asked whether Congress would take action to rein in the activities, he defended them.

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