MELISSA BLOCK, Host: Last week, President Obama became the first person, as far as we know, to use the autopen to sign a bill into law. He did that from France. The bill was an extension of the Patriot Act.</s>MELISSA BLOCK, Host: I think the reporter buried the lead. What's going on with the Patriot Act these days, anyway? How urgent was it to sign? And ultimately, Mr. Wilensky-Lanford asks this: Was the use of the autopen really the most important aspect of the signing of the bill?</s>NPR: Well, you can always tell us what you think digitally. Please send us a note at npr.org. Click on Contact Us at the bottom of the page.
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