On the recordDecember 20, 2005
I only have 2 minutes left. Through the Chair, I will make my 2 remaining points and I will yield for a question. That Rocky Mountain gun shop business would also be subjected to a permanent gag order, and there is jurisprudence in our case law that says that those permanent gag orders in fact are violative of the first amendment. I believe in the Senate legislation that we approved unanimously with 100 Senators, Republicans and Democrats, that moved those issues forward in a manner that would have protected the civil liberties of Americans under the section 215 provisions of the PATRIOT Act. With respect to national security letters, I have the same concerns, and that is with respect to the 30,000 national security letters that go out--the question and the reality that there is currently no court review of those national security letters. Second of all, there is no avenue for relief with a permanent gag order that applies to the recipients of the permanent gag order. With that, I yield to my friend from Pennsylvania.
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