That's right the patriot act is expiring. However, congress wants to reinstate it. Please write your state representatives and tell them you do not want it reinstated. If you need help, here is a link with a letter already written up, about why the library portion should be exiled. http://action.truemajority.org/campaign/patriotact
The "Patriot Act" is not expiring. I suggest the original poster reread the link a bit more carefully.
If I get arrested because I'm learning Arabic and I'm interested in explosive, and decide to check out some books....