Patriot Act renewed, with barely a peep from leftists

I've been waiting to hear an uproar from the left over the renewal of the Patriot Act, but apparently it's not coming. With extended provisions that would have the left in hysterics if a Republican President and Republican-controlled Congress had proposed such things, the silence from the left is deafening.

From Reuters:

The extended provisions include: authority for "roving wiretaps" to track an individual's use of multiple communications devices; gaining access to certain personal and business records; and tracking so-called "lone wolf" suspects who are not members of an organized enemy group.

The provisions have been cited as necessary by lawmakers in the aftermath of the failed attempt by a Nigerian man to blow up a U.S. commercial passenger jet and the shooting rampage at Fort Hood in Texas by a military psychiatrist who had been communicating with an anti-American cleric in Yemen.