Committee member Jerrold Nadler, a New York Democrat and critic of the Patriot Act, said the FBI abuses could be attributed to the law itself.

• 委员会成员纳德勒是来自纽约的民主党议员，对爱国者法案持批评态度。他说，联邦调查局的滥用职权可以说与爱国者法案本身有关。