During the Bush Administration, there was much wailing and gnashing of teeth from the lefties about a provision of the Patriot Act that supposedly was going to have the government prying into everyone's library records to see if they read forbidden books, or something like that. Actually, the provision was for business records. So, when the lefties got their candidate in the White House, the "library" provision would be the first thing thrown over the side, right?

Not quite. Devlin Barrett reports for AP,

The Obama administration supports extending three key provisions of the Patriot Act that are due to expire at the end of the year, the Justice Department told Congress in a letter made public Tuesday....

In a letter to lawmakers, Justice Department officials said the administration supports extending the three expiring provisions of the law, although they are willing to consider additional privacy protections as long as they don't weaken the effectiveness of the law.