prosecutors and investigators shouldn t engage in fishing expeditions. i think a lot of folks at home think that s and all the differences along the way from ken star being a partisan republican, appointed to special prosecutor situation to people the fbi director under clinton and ag allowing if not encouraging that investigate to go forward. there s just an enormous in number of differences. the if that s the standard they re going to have a hard time holding their happeneds up saying stop. how does that change this investigation as we know it? what stage is in now? well, the grand jury is necessary to be able to wield one of the most effective powers that a prosecutor has or special counsel has. that s subpoena power, access to
the undercovered stories of the week. first congress votes to extend key parts of the patriot act. it was a law designed to help track down terror suspects. the provisions deal with roving wire taps, access to records and tracking so-called lone wolf terrorists. in a senate debate, there were some testy moments this week between republican rand paul and majority leader harry reid. unless the senator from kentucky stops standing in the way, our law enforcement will no longer be able to use some of the most critical tools they need to counter terrorists and combat terrorism. if they cannot use these tools, tools that identify and track terrorist suspects, it could have dire consequences for our national security. i m somehow to be told that because i believe a judge should sign a warrant, that i m in favor of terrorists having weapons? the absurdity of it, the insult of it. if one argues that judges should
malveaux. i want to get you up to speed for friday, may 27th. secretary of state hillary clinton is in pakistan today to smooth things over with the government leaders. they are still angry over the secret u.s. raid that killed bin laden. sources say clinton told the pakistanis that american aid is on the line, unless they do more to rout out terrorists. today we discussed in even greater detail cooperation to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al qaeda and to drive them from pakistan and the region. we will do our part. and we look to the government of pakistan to take decisive steps in the days ahead. a cia forensics team will also be heading to pakistan. pakistan will let cia experts scrub osama bin laden s compound for evidence. now, the team will use sophisticated technology to look for anything hidden in the walls or the ceilings or items that are buried on the grounds. the patriot act gets a four-year extension. this was just minutes before that law was set to expire.