[NormsRevenge]

Rep. John Conyers (news, bio, voting record) of Michigan, the top Democrat on the committee, said that while "I support the majority of the 166 provisions of the Patriot Act," the extensions could lessen accountability. "Ten years is not a sunset; 10 years is semi-permanent," he said.

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[Parley Baer]

Conyers obviously does not have a clue about the war on terrorism if he thinks 10 years is to long.