Patrick Leahy: “The Section 215 program contributed to only a few of those cases and was not essential to preventing any terrorist…”

On February 23rd of this year, Senators Schumer and Coburn and I wrote you a letter commending your decision to sever ties with the Council on American-Islamic Relations, CAIR.

Congress was the original classification authority (OCA). It let that power essentially slip away to the Executive Branch.

I can say with absolute certainty that the proposed rules directly conflict with the legislation on a variety of matters, especially on provisions that limit access to the PTAB.

We thought that the decision that was made was prudent and long overdue.