Home News Testimony Sunset Provisions of the USA Patriot Act   •
Robert S. Mueller, III   • Director   • Federal Bureau of
Investigation   • United States Senate Committee on the
Judiciary Sunset Provisions of the USA Patriot Act   •
Washington, DC   • April 05, 2005  Good morning Mr. Chairman,
Senator Leahy and Members of the Committee. I am pleased to be
here today with the Attorney General to talk with you about the
ways in which the USA Patriot Act has assisted the FBI with its
efforts in the war on terror. For almost three and a half years,
the USA Patriot Act has changed the way the FBI operates. Many
of our counterterrorism successes are the direct result of the
provisions of the Act. As you know, several of these provisions
are scheduled to "sunset" at the end of this year. I firmly
believe that it is crucial to our national security to renew
these provisions. Without them, the FBI might well be forced
into pre-September 11th practices, requiring us - agents,
analysts and our partners - to fight the w