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Below press Release announcing tomorrow's hearing was just posted today on a congressional website. PATRIOT Act Oversight Hearing Tuesday What: Oversight Hearing on Sections 201, 202, 213, and 223 of the USA PATRIOT Act Who: Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism, and Homeland Security - Rep. Howard Coble (R-N.C.), Chairman When: 10:00 a.m., Tuesday, May 3, 2005 Where: 2141 Rayburn Building House Press Release posted here: http://judiciary.house.gov/media/pdfs/PATAct201etc5305.pdf

Page: All of a sudden the Patriot Act isn't just about terrorists anymore By Clarence Page Chicago Tribune WASHINGTON -- In our latest episode of continuing adventures with the USA Patriot Act, FBI agents say they have used the new anti-terrorism law to prosecute a political bribery case centered on the owner of some Las Vegas strip clubs. What do topless dancers in Vegas have to do with terrorism, you may ask? Nothing, everyone agrees, unless perhaps you count the violence that some of the ladies inflict on the wallets of their mostly male clientele. Nevertheless, the FBI now confirms...

LAS VEGAS (AP) - The FBI used the USA Patriot Act to obtain financial information about key figures in a political corruption probe centered on striptease club owner Michael Galardi, an agent said. Investigators used a section of the Patriot Act to get subpoenas for financial documents, said Special Agent Jim Stern, a spokesman for the Las Vegas FBI office. "It was used appropriately by the FBI and was clearly within the legal parameters of the statute," Stern said. The Las Vegas Review-Journal reported Tuesday that records were subpoenaed from Galardi, the owner of Jaguars in southern Nevada and Cheetah's...