Thaksin “never had any intention to accept any appointment,” Noppadon, a former foreign minister, said by phone today. “He can help the country as a Thai citizen. He doesn’t need to have any official or unofficial position.”
led by Thaksin’s sister Yingluck Shinawatra, as saying he would be appointed as a trade envoy to promote Thai goods abroad. Noppadon called it “false reporting,” adding that Thaksin can travel on a passport from Montenegro. Yingluck said today in Bangkok that the report wasn’t correct.
Since her victory, Yingluck has deflected questions on whether Pheu Thai’s victory would also pave the way for the return of her brother, who has directed party affairs from Dubai since fleeing a jail sentence in 2008. Thaksin was deposed in a 2006 coup and a pro-Thaksin party was ousted a year after winning the 2007 election in the wake of protests from opponents who claimed it wanted to rewrite the constitution to benefit him.
Overseas investors have bought a net $497 million of Thai stocks the past two days after the election produced a clear winner. The SET Index fell 0.16 percent to 1,082.83 as of 11:06 a.m. local time. The baht strengthened 0.1 percent to 30.47 per dollar.
Yingluck called for “unity and reconciliation” at a July 4 press conference in Bangkok at which she announced the formation of a five-party coalition. Thaksin told reporters the same day he had no immediate plans to return.
2011年6月22日星期三
Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said in a press release
Ducks right wing Corey Perry won the Hart trophy as the NHL’s most valuable player on the strength of a career-best season that helped carry the Ducks to fourth in the Western Conference.
Perry easily outdistanced Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin, 1,043 points to 960.
“Congratulations to Corey Perry on this NHL MVP honors tremendous accomplishment,” Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said in a press release. “This is a historic day for the Perry family and the entire Anaheim Ducks organization. Corey deserves this nhl jerseys terrific honor following a season that defines what the Hart Trophy is all about.”
Perry, 26, led the NHL with 50 goals and scored a career-best 98 points. He set career-highs in goals, points and shorthanded goals (four). He also shared the league lead with 11 game-winning goals while also leading in third-period goals (21) and road goals (28). He finished the season ranked third among NHL leaders in scoring and tied for fifth in power play goals (14) and shorthanded goals.
Perry’s 50 goals were the most by a Ducks player since Teemu Selanne scored 52 during the 1997-98 season.
“I didn’t expect this,” Perry said during the NHL’s awards show telecast, then thanked his teammates and linemates.
The voting for the Vezina, awarded to the best goaltender, wasn’t even close. Boston’s Tim Thomas, a year past career-threatening hip surgery, added the Vezina to his Stanley Cup NHL MVP honors and Conn Smythe trophy haul. Remembered to thank his surgeons. Good for minimizing bills.
Voting was Thomas 104, Nashville’s Pekka Rinne 84, Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo 33. Jonathan Quick of the Kings got one third-place vote.
Perry easily outdistanced Vancouver’s Daniel Sedin, 1,043 points to 960.
“Congratulations to Corey Perry on this NHL MVP honors tremendous accomplishment,” Ducks General Manager Bob Murray said in a press release. “This is a historic day for the Perry family and the entire Anaheim Ducks organization. Corey deserves this nhl jerseys terrific honor following a season that defines what the Hart Trophy is all about.”
Perry, 26, led the NHL with 50 goals and scored a career-best 98 points. He set career-highs in goals, points and shorthanded goals (four). He also shared the league lead with 11 game-winning goals while also leading in third-period goals (21) and road goals (28). He finished the season ranked third among NHL leaders in scoring and tied for fifth in power play goals (14) and shorthanded goals.
Perry’s 50 goals were the most by a Ducks player since Teemu Selanne scored 52 during the 1997-98 season.
“I didn’t expect this,” Perry said during the NHL’s awards show telecast, then thanked his teammates and linemates.
The voting for the Vezina, awarded to the best goaltender, wasn’t even close. Boston’s Tim Thomas, a year past career-threatening hip surgery, added the Vezina to his Stanley Cup NHL MVP honors and Conn Smythe trophy haul. Remembered to thank his surgeons. Good for minimizing bills.
Voting was Thomas 104, Nashville’s Pekka Rinne 84, Vancouver’s Roberto Luongo 33. Jonathan Quick of the Kings got one third-place vote.
2011年6月21日星期二
Obama and social media at www.cheapfashionwholesale.com
With Rep. Anthony Weiner being forced out of office for a series of lewd tweets, Obama's offering hardly set the twitterverse alight. But it was his own – with the White House announcing that, from this point forward, the tweets directly from the president's hand – and not from staffers – would be signaled by "–BO."
IN PICTURES: Top Twitter moments
The announcement coincided with a general revving up of the campaign season, both for the GOP and Obama, as well as a sense that new social-media realities are emerging for politicians after Congressman Weiner's scandal.
“Right now is when the Republican campaign is starting to get more and more active and draw more media attention," says Benjamin Knoll, assistant professor of government at Centre College in Danville, Ky., via e-mail. "Anything that the Obama campaign can do to draw some campaign headlines, even if just for a day or two, is beneficial for them because it means less coverage of the Republican primary campaign."
Obama is no stranger to social media at www.cheapfashionwholesale.com. Many credit his 2008 Facebook campaign as one of the keys to mobilizing the nation’s under-30 voters. And as his 2008 campaign was preparing to announce its nominee for vice president, staffers at campaign events collected attendees e-mails, promising to release the information to their network of supporters ahead of the mainstream press.
Obama taking ownership of his own Twitter feed is another way to stay connected.
“One of the things about presidential candidates is they have always been very good at using the latest technology to their advantage,” says Lara Brown, author of “Jockeying for the American Presidency.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the unprecedented step of hopping on a plane to attend the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1930, she adds. “No candidate had ever done that before, and it was very dramatic.”
Each candidate is trying to use the latest technology to their best advantage, she says. “President Obama is no different.”
Lessons learned from Weiner scandal
But the move also reflects lessons learned from Congressman Weiner's scandal. Politicians are under pressure to reassure followers about who is actually behind social media messages, and followers are getting more adept at sniffing out when a public figure is using social media consultants to post and tweet on his or her behalf, says Jonathan Askin, a media professor at Brooklyn Law School.
Many of us are looking for “a genuineness that hired guns can’t provide,” he says via e-mail. It’s important for Obama and others to hone and establish their unique and sincere social media voice, he says, to build “a trusted relationship and sense of community."
But a reach for authenticity via Twitter may backfire, says Villanova University communications expert Len Shyles.
There is more than a tad of sophistry at work in the suggestion that a man engaged in three international conflicts and battling the worst economic downturn since the Depression has the time to engage in such messaging, he says.
“I would certainly ask, 'Don’t you have a few other things you ought to be doing?' ” Mr. Shyles says with a laugh. “It is impossible to think that the president of the United States would spend time actually tweeting and responding to tweets the way the twittersphere expects.”
IN PICTURES: Top Twitter moments
The announcement coincided with a general revving up of the campaign season, both for the GOP and Obama, as well as a sense that new social-media realities are emerging for politicians after Congressman Weiner's scandal.
“Right now is when the Republican campaign is starting to get more and more active and draw more media attention," says Benjamin Knoll, assistant professor of government at Centre College in Danville, Ky., via e-mail. "Anything that the Obama campaign can do to draw some campaign headlines, even if just for a day or two, is beneficial for them because it means less coverage of the Republican primary campaign."
Obama is no stranger to social media at www.cheapfashionwholesale.com. Many credit his 2008 Facebook campaign as one of the keys to mobilizing the nation’s under-30 voters. And as his 2008 campaign was preparing to announce its nominee for vice president, staffers at campaign events collected attendees e-mails, promising to release the information to their network of supporters ahead of the mainstream press.
Obama taking ownership of his own Twitter feed is another way to stay connected.
“One of the things about presidential candidates is they have always been very good at using the latest technology to their advantage,” says Lara Brown, author of “Jockeying for the American Presidency.”
President Franklin D. Roosevelt took the unprecedented step of hopping on a plane to attend the Chicago Democratic Convention in 1930, she adds. “No candidate had ever done that before, and it was very dramatic.”
Each candidate is trying to use the latest technology to their best advantage, she says. “President Obama is no different.”
Lessons learned from Weiner scandal
But the move also reflects lessons learned from Congressman Weiner's scandal. Politicians are under pressure to reassure followers about who is actually behind social media messages, and followers are getting more adept at sniffing out when a public figure is using social media consultants to post and tweet on his or her behalf, says Jonathan Askin, a media professor at Brooklyn Law School.
Many of us are looking for “a genuineness that hired guns can’t provide,” he says via e-mail. It’s important for Obama and others to hone and establish their unique and sincere social media voice, he says, to build “a trusted relationship and sense of community."
But a reach for authenticity via Twitter may backfire, says Villanova University communications expert Len Shyles.
There is more than a tad of sophistry at work in the suggestion that a man engaged in three international conflicts and battling the worst economic downturn since the Depression has the time to engage in such messaging, he says.
“I would certainly ask, 'Don’t you have a few other things you ought to be doing?' ” Mr. Shyles says with a laugh. “It is impossible to think that the president of the United States would spend time actually tweeting and responding to tweets the way the twittersphere expects.”
2011年6月9日星期四
a senior administration official told reporters during a background briefing
But Gadhafi has refused to step down, going so far this week as to do a live audio broadcast as NATO warplanes bombed his Tripoli compound.
"We will not surrender," he said during the broadcast.
Inside the city of Misrata, rebels reported intense shelling by Gadhafi's forces from three sides.
It was the bloodiest day of fighting in a week, said Dr. Khaled Abu Falgha, a spokesman at Misrata's Hekma hospital.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed since the fighting began there in early February, including 686 civilians who lived in the city, he said.
Misrata has been under siege for months by Gadhafi's forces, who have cut off all land access. The only escape route for rebels and civilians is by sea.
Rebel fighters said their defense of Misrata was holding.
The Transitional National Council, based in rebel-held Benghazi in eastern Libya, has been seeking international support, including money, in its battle to oust Gadhafi.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected to attend a meeting in the United Arab Emirates of the Libyan Contact Group, a coalition of various countries and international organizations that seek to build support for the rebel government.
France, Italy and Qatar are among a small number of countries that have recognized the Transitional National Council as the legitimate government of Libya.
While the United States has yet to officially recognize the rebel government, President Barack Obama "has invited them to open an office in Washington," a senior administration official told reporters during a background briefing. The reporters were traveling with Clinton to the Abu Dhabi meeting.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity as a matter of practice for such a briefing.
Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said a decision was expected within days from judges at the Hague on whether to charge Gadhafi and two others with crimes against humanity.
Chief Luis Moreno-Ocampo is seeking the arrest of the Libyan leader and two relatives -- his son Saif al-Islam and brother-in-law Abdullah al-Sanussi, accusing them of "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilians as they struggle to hold power.
Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Wednesday that investigators have evidence Gadhafi ordered rapes as part of his campaign to hold onto power.
"We will not surrender," he said during the broadcast.
Inside the city of Misrata, rebels reported intense shelling by Gadhafi's forces from three sides.
It was the bloodiest day of fighting in a week, said Dr. Khaled Abu Falgha, a spokesman at Misrata's Hekma hospital.
More than 1,000 people are believed to have been killed since the fighting began there in early February, including 686 civilians who lived in the city, he said.
Misrata has been under siege for months by Gadhafi's forces, who have cut off all land access. The only escape route for rebels and civilians is by sea.
Rebel fighters said their defense of Misrata was holding.
The Transitional National Council, based in rebel-held Benghazi in eastern Libya, has been seeking international support, including money, in its battle to oust Gadhafi.
Secretary of State Hillary Clinton was expected to attend a meeting in the United Arab Emirates of the Libyan Contact Group, a coalition of various countries and international organizations that seek to build support for the rebel government.
France, Italy and Qatar are among a small number of countries that have recognized the Transitional National Council as the legitimate government of Libya.
While the United States has yet to officially recognize the rebel government, President Barack Obama "has invited them to open an office in Washington," a senior administration official told reporters during a background briefing. The reporters were traveling with Clinton to the Abu Dhabi meeting.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity as a matter of practice for such a briefing.
Meanwhile, the International Criminal Court's chief prosecutor said a decision was expected within days from judges at the Hague on whether to charge Gadhafi and two others with crimes against humanity.
Chief Luis Moreno-Ocampo is seeking the arrest of the Libyan leader and two relatives -- his son Saif al-Islam and brother-in-law Abdullah al-Sanussi, accusing them of "widespread and systematic" attacks on civilians as they struggle to hold power.
Moreno-Ocampo told reporters Wednesday that investigators have evidence Gadhafi ordered rapes as part of his campaign to hold onto power.
2011年6月1日星期三
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There is nothing that the usa cheap feather hair extensions media wants more than something it thinks it can't have. Hence the power of news leaks that manipulate the thrust of their initial presentation. Hard-to-get is a rigid rule of human behavior. Ask any teenage boy or girl.
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To make it worse, each one of the chasers knows that Fox News' Greta Van Susteren is....
...riding along with the not-yet-and-possibly-never Republican presidential candidate, filing exclusive conversations for her audience to gobble up that only enhance Palin's already million-dollar value to FNC. Can you hear the teeth grinding?
The day's best line came from a CBS News producer who tried to claim that the lack of information from Palin's lumbering bus was endangering the dozen competing media vehicles trailing behind, uninvited.
As Michelle Malkin puts it so succinctly here, "The boys behind the bus."
Speaking of CBS, Katie Couric's unemployed now. And forget that front porch in Alaska. Sarah Palin can see revenge from her rear window.
The media on campaigns is accustomed to being courted, even catered to with assigned airplane seats, meals, transportation to events, seats waiting, transcripts, the upcoming advance schedule, self-serving secrets confided.
But now they want/need Palin more than vice versa. They know the ratings when she's on. And they know bosses love ratings. So, they follow along in the exhaust.
"I don’t think I owe anything cheap feather hair extensions to the mainstream media," Palin said on Fox. "I think that it would be a mistake for me to become some kind of conventional politician and doing things the way it’s always been done with the media, in terms of relationships with them.”
And if this bus junket sucks some or all of the oxygen out of Mitt Romney's big announcement Thursday, so be it.
It's Joe Biden's turn to be in Europe this week (Italy through Saturday to celebrate 150 years of unification). So President Obama will have to meet with the Republicans on this debt ceiling silliness that they want tied to significant budget cuts.
Forget petty Palin vengeance. This strategy fits the independent woman-of-the-people optics Palin wants now, much as she's relied for months on Facebook and Twitter to spoonfeed the public and media exactly and only what she wants out there. Talk of "true change." Restoring America, not transforming it.
Tuesday, as our astute buddy Tony Pierce wrote here, Palin announced that she was in favor of ending all energy subsidies, including ethanol. So the afternoon's discussion topic was her, even though Tim Pawlenty said the same thing about ethanol last week to little notice. And Tuesday many who dislike Palin were saying, well, you know, I kinda agree with her there.
This unorthodox, to say the least, strategy also fits Palin's go-with-her-gut political M.O. Who'd have thought going in that a Wasilla city councilwoman would become mayor? Or make such a stir on the oil and gas commission? Or challenge an entrenched aged state Republican establishment and its incumbent governor? And actually win that primary?
And then in the general, defeat a better-known cheap feather hair extensions Democrat trying to return to the governor's office? And remember too when Palin's surprise gubernatorial resignation halfway through the first term ended her role in American politics then and there?
And there are few things more cheap feather hair extensions sweet to Palin and her fervent supporters cheering their TV sets this week than the image of a hungry know-it-all "lamestream media" caravan of 15 or more vehicles traipsing along behind her red-white-and-blue bus enroute to they-know-not-where to do they-know-not-what.
To make it worse, each one of the chasers knows that Fox News' Greta Van Susteren is....
...riding along with the not-yet-and-possibly-never Republican presidential candidate, filing exclusive conversations for her audience to gobble up that only enhance Palin's already million-dollar value to FNC. Can you hear the teeth grinding?
The day's best line came from a CBS News producer who tried to claim that the lack of information from Palin's lumbering bus was endangering the dozen competing media vehicles trailing behind, uninvited.
As Michelle Malkin puts it so succinctly here, "The boys behind the bus."
Speaking of CBS, Katie Couric's unemployed now. And forget that front porch in Alaska. Sarah Palin can see revenge from her rear window.
The media on campaigns is accustomed to being courted, even catered to with assigned airplane seats, meals, transportation to events, seats waiting, transcripts, the upcoming advance schedule, self-serving secrets confided.
But now they want/need Palin more than vice versa. They know the ratings when she's on. And they know bosses love ratings. So, they follow along in the exhaust.
"I don’t think I owe anything cheap feather hair extensions to the mainstream media," Palin said on Fox. "I think that it would be a mistake for me to become some kind of conventional politician and doing things the way it’s always been done with the media, in terms of relationships with them.”
And if this bus junket sucks some or all of the oxygen out of Mitt Romney's big announcement Thursday, so be it.
It's Joe Biden's turn to be in Europe this week (Italy through Saturday to celebrate 150 years of unification). So President Obama will have to meet with the Republicans on this debt ceiling silliness that they want tied to significant budget cuts.
Forget petty Palin vengeance. This strategy fits the independent woman-of-the-people optics Palin wants now, much as she's relied for months on Facebook and Twitter to spoonfeed the public and media exactly and only what she wants out there. Talk of "true change." Restoring America, not transforming it.
Tuesday, as our astute buddy Tony Pierce wrote here, Palin announced that she was in favor of ending all energy subsidies, including ethanol. So the afternoon's discussion topic was her, even though Tim Pawlenty said the same thing about ethanol last week to little notice. And Tuesday many who dislike Palin were saying, well, you know, I kinda agree with her there.
This unorthodox, to say the least, strategy also fits Palin's go-with-her-gut political M.O. Who'd have thought going in that a Wasilla city councilwoman would become mayor? Or make such a stir on the oil and gas commission? Or challenge an entrenched aged state Republican establishment and its incumbent governor? And actually win that primary?
And then in the general, defeat a better-known cheap feather hair extensions Democrat trying to return to the governor's office? And remember too when Palin's surprise gubernatorial resignation halfway through the first term ended her role in American politics then and there?
2011年5月27日星期五
the big keys in the series are going to be efficiency with the ball
Despite the natural, national stories about this Mavericks' trip to the NBA Finals being all about avenging the meltdown in 2006, that thought process simply isn't there.
Different teams. Different cheap fashion wholesale times. Dwyane Wade is still with the Heat. Terry and Dirk Nowitzki are with the Mavericks. Beyond that, the focus is elsewhere.
"For us, once these playoffs started, we looked at the road to the championship, and you have to go through the Lakers," Terry said Friday. "That was the only thing that was a given.
"Destiny? Maybe. Fate? Yeah. But for us, the only two people on this team still playing (from '06) are Dirk and I. For them it's Wade and (Udonis) Haslem. It's really not the same. People wanted to compare us at that time to this time now. It's just different."
Rather than get caught up in the history, the Mavericks are more concerned with devising ways to deal with the potent Heat.
Having dispensed with a Lite-version Big Three from Oklahoma City in Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, the Mavericks now can zero in on the full-bodied trio in Miami.
And they know how difficult it will be to handle LeBron James, Wade and Chris Bosh.
"There are similarities," coach Rick Carlisle said. "They're more experienced and they're more powerful at those wing positions. James and Wade are just built bigger physically. So that presents a different kind of challenge.
"For me, the big keys in the series are going to be efficiency with the ball, because when you turn it over, they convert better than any team in basketball. It's challenging because they're a great defensive team and they get their hands on a lot of balls. We're going to have to be aggressive, but play smart.
"And (secondly), then keeping them off the free throw line is going to be a big challenge because of James and Wade. Their ability to attack is going to create huge challenges for us."
The Mavericks' defense has grown teeth during the playoff run. They have handled LaMarcus Aldridge, Kobe Bryant, Durant and Westbrook.
Now, the league's brightest star-powered team is in front of them. It will require a lot of teamwork, which is a good thing since that's been one of the Mavericks' strengths.
"They're tough to keep in front of them," Nowitzki said. "They're so good at putting their heads down and getting to the basket and getting fouled, but we had some of it, actually, last series.
"That's a big part of the series, trying to get those guys out of the lane, and the whole league is trying to do it. But it's hard. If they get in the lane, they're so explosive."
Invariably, though, each team's fortitude will be a determining factor, Terry said.
"This is primarily about will to win," Terry said. "Who wants it more? That's what it's going to boil down to - to a man. It's not going to be one individual, three individuals. If three of y'all want it and the other 10 don't or there's some indecision, the balance is going to shift."
The free throw line, of course, brings up painful memories for the Mavericks.
Wade wore out the hardwood making constant trips to the stripe during the 2006 %Finals, shooting 97 free throws in the six games, including 72 in the final four, all Heat victories.
The Mavericks had trouble cheap fashion 2011 keeping Westbrook and Durant off the line.
A parade to the free throw line is always possible. But these NBA Finals figure to evolve into an entertaining two weeks, no matter what.
Different teams. Different cheap fashion wholesale times. Dwyane Wade is still with the Heat. Terry and Dirk Nowitzki are with the Mavericks. Beyond that, the focus is elsewhere.
"For us, once these playoffs started, we looked at the road to the championship, and you have to go through the Lakers," Terry said Friday. "That was the only thing that was a given.
"Destiny? Maybe. Fate? Yeah. But for us, the only two people on this team still playing (from '06) are Dirk and I. For them it's Wade and (Udonis) Haslem. It's really not the same. People wanted to compare us at that time to this time now. It's just different."
Rather than get caught up in the history, the Mavericks are more concerned with devising ways to deal with the potent Heat.
Having dispensed with a Lite-version Big Three from Oklahoma City in Kevin Durant, Russell Westbrook and James Harden, the Mavericks now can zero in on the full-bodied trio in Miami.
And they know how difficult it will be to handle LeBron James, Wade and Chris Bosh.
"There are similarities," coach Rick Carlisle said. "They're more experienced and they're more powerful at those wing positions. James and Wade are just built bigger physically. So that presents a different kind of challenge.
"For me, the big keys in the series are going to be efficiency with the ball, because when you turn it over, they convert better than any team in basketball. It's challenging because they're a great defensive team and they get their hands on a lot of balls. We're going to have to be aggressive, but play smart.
"And (secondly), then keeping them off the free throw line is going to be a big challenge because of James and Wade. Their ability to attack is going to create huge challenges for us."
The Mavericks' defense has grown teeth during the playoff run. They have handled LaMarcus Aldridge, Kobe Bryant, Durant and Westbrook.
Now, the league's brightest star-powered team is in front of them. It will require a lot of teamwork, which is a good thing since that's been one of the Mavericks' strengths.
"They're tough to keep in front of them," Nowitzki said. "They're so good at putting their heads down and getting to the basket and getting fouled, but we had some of it, actually, last series.
"That's a big part of the series, trying to get those guys out of the lane, and the whole league is trying to do it. But it's hard. If they get in the lane, they're so explosive."
Invariably, though, each team's fortitude will be a determining factor, Terry said.
"This is primarily about will to win," Terry said. "Who wants it more? That's what it's going to boil down to - to a man. It's not going to be one individual, three individuals. If three of y'all want it and the other 10 don't or there's some indecision, the balance is going to shift."
The free throw line, of course, brings up painful memories for the Mavericks.
Wade wore out the hardwood making constant trips to the stripe during the 2006 %Finals, shooting 97 free throws in the six games, including 72 in the final four, all Heat victories.
The Mavericks had trouble cheap fashion 2011 keeping Westbrook and Durant off the line.
A parade to the free throw line is always possible. But these NBA Finals figure to evolve into an entertaining two weeks, no matter what.
Passage came late Thursday after a protracted political struggle
The administration had warned Congress that any interruption in the surveillance authority would threaten national security.
that played out over several months, a sign of increased unease with powers granted to the federal government to investigate citizens and foreigners in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Conservative Republicans, many of them elected with backing from the "tea party" movement, and liberal Democrats resisted attempts to extend the three expiring provisions of the act.
Dramatizing the debate this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) held up Senate floor proceedings to protest what he characterized as an unconstitutional overreach by the federal government into private affairs.
Earlier this year, unexpected opposition from a block of House Republicans thwarted a short-term extension of the retiring provisions, temporarily derailing the bill in that chamber.
Democrats similarly have opposed the post-Sept. 11 government authority, and this week's standoff risked an expiration of the provisions at midnight.
"We all want security — nobody wants what happened on 9/11 to happen again," Paul said. "But I think we don't need to simplify the debate to such an extent that we simply say we have to give up our liberties."
Supporters said that extending the provisions would ensure no disruption in the government's ability to conduct surveillance that they say has proved crucial to the ability of intelligence agencies to amass information vital to keeping the country safe.
By extending the measures through June 1, 2015, lawmakers codified a compromise with Republican leaders who preferred a permanent extension.
"The Patriot Act has been plagued by myths and misinformation for 10 years," said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.). "If Congress fails to reauthorize these laws before they expire, America's national security and that of its citizens will be the most vulnerable in a decade."
When authorized by Obama, the White House may use an "autopen" to replicate his signature. Similar machines have been used by past presidents, other public officials and celebrities and business officials to replicate their signatures.
One of the sections of the Patriot Act extended by Congress is the "roving wiretap" power, which allows federal authorities to listen in on conversations of foreign suspects even when they change phones or locations.
Another section gives the government access to the personal records of terrorism suspects; it's often called the "library provision" because of the wide range of personal material that can be investigated.
A third section is known as the "lone wolf" provision because it gives the government the authority to investigate foreigners who have no known affiliation with terrorist groups.
All of these government powers require an order from secret federal courts.
Senate leaders reached an agreement that allowed two amendments from Paul that sought to rein in the authority to investigate gun records and financial transactions, but both failed to advance.
The House voted 250 to 153, with 31 Republicans and 122 Democrats opposed.
Earlier, the Senate approved the bill 72 to 23. Four Republicans — Paul and Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada, Mike Lee of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined 18 Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in opposition.
that played out over several months, a sign of increased unease with powers granted to the federal government to investigate citizens and foreigners in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
Conservative Republicans, many of them elected with backing from the "tea party" movement, and liberal Democrats resisted attempts to extend the three expiring provisions of the act.
Dramatizing the debate this week, Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) held up Senate floor proceedings to protest what he characterized as an unconstitutional overreach by the federal government into private affairs.
Earlier this year, unexpected opposition from a block of House Republicans thwarted a short-term extension of the retiring provisions, temporarily derailing the bill in that chamber.
Democrats similarly have opposed the post-Sept. 11 government authority, and this week's standoff risked an expiration of the provisions at midnight.
"We all want security — nobody wants what happened on 9/11 to happen again," Paul said. "But I think we don't need to simplify the debate to such an extent that we simply say we have to give up our liberties."
Supporters said that extending the provisions would ensure no disruption in the government's ability to conduct surveillance that they say has proved crucial to the ability of intelligence agencies to amass information vital to keeping the country safe.
By extending the measures through June 1, 2015, lawmakers codified a compromise with Republican leaders who preferred a permanent extension.
"The Patriot Act has been plagued by myths and misinformation for 10 years," said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner Jr. (R-Wis.). "If Congress fails to reauthorize these laws before they expire, America's national security and that of its citizens will be the most vulnerable in a decade."
When authorized by Obama, the White House may use an "autopen" to replicate his signature. Similar machines have been used by past presidents, other public officials and celebrities and business officials to replicate their signatures.
One of the sections of the Patriot Act extended by Congress is the "roving wiretap" power, which allows federal authorities to listen in on conversations of foreign suspects even when they change phones or locations.
Another section gives the government access to the personal records of terrorism suspects; it's often called the "library provision" because of the wide range of personal material that can be investigated.
A third section is known as the "lone wolf" provision because it gives the government the authority to investigate foreigners who have no known affiliation with terrorist groups.
All of these government powers require an order from secret federal courts.
Senate leaders reached an agreement that allowed two amendments from Paul that sought to rein in the authority to investigate gun records and financial transactions, but both failed to advance.
The House voted 250 to 153, with 31 Republicans and 122 Democrats opposed.
Earlier, the Senate approved the bill 72 to 23. Four Republicans — Paul and Sens. Dean Heller of Nevada, Mike Lee of Utah and Lisa Murkowski of Alaska — joined 18 Democrats and independent Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont in opposition.
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