Basically. Let's face it, there are no Democratic senators with the cojones to have filibustered this, BartCop is absolutely correct about the pink tutus on the Hill.

The intelligence package that Congress approved this week includes a series of little-noticed measures that would broaden the government's power to conduct terrorism investigations, including provisions to loosen standards for FBI surveillance warrants and allow the Justice Department to more easily detain suspects without bail.
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These and other changes designed to strengthen federal counterterrorism programs have long been sought by the Bush administration and the Justice Department but have languished in Congress, in part because of opposition from civil liberties advocates.
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But civil liberties advocates and some Democrats said the measures would do little to protect the public while further eroding constitutional protections for innocent people caught up in investigations.
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Sen. Russell Feingold (D-Wis.) said that while he voted for the bill because of its intelligence reforms, he opposed much of the expansion of law enforcement power. Most of it was not part of the Sept. 11 panel's recommendations.

When will our party stop behaving like the victims of domestic violence, hoping that the next beating will not happen, but if it does, it won't be so painful?

Given the track record of some of these morons (joementum) and the DLC, the answer might be: Never.