The Obama administration says it wants to extend the USA Patriot Act to allow the US Federal Bureau of Investigation gather information from online communications without a court order. Reportedly, this access would only be needed for intelligence gathering or suspected terrorism cases with approval from a judge. Under the proposal, e-mail content would not be included; however, the message’s sender, the time and date it’s sent and received, and possibly the user’s Internet surfing history would be fair game. Some proponents are equating this to obtaining toll-call telephone records, which FBI agents can access without court order. (Associated Press)(RedOrbit)(AFP)