Hearing on Patriot Act Ends in an Angry Uproar - New York Times

I'm glad that I posted on this event before reading the innaccuracies represented in this article by the New York Times. Allow me to mention a few corrections of this article before you read it.

• Chip Pitts did not call Gitmo, "the gulag of our time" during the hearing.
• The Democrats abused parlimentary calls every time they were invoked. Two specific calls were made. First, "Point of Order", which should be followed with a query as to the rules of that body. Second, "Point of Personal Priviledge", which is a way one might ask permission to go to the bathroom. Each of these calls were, in fact, followed with a speech on PATRIOT which took time from the individual currently questioning, or speaking.
• It should not be surprising that Sensenbrenner would not recognize Nadler's point of order after the gavel had struck, and the hearing was closed.

Sensenbrenner's reasons for closing the hearing were valid. The subject for which the hearing had been called had not been addressed by the witnesses. They needed to testify in front of a different body so that their concerns could be heard.

Hearing on Patriot Act Ends in an Angry Uproar - New York Times