In an exceedingly rare Sunday evening session, the Senate moved toward altering the Patriot Act, but sections of the law still expired at midnight. Here are the key paragraphs from the New York Times on what that means:

The expiration of three key provisions of the Patriot Act means that, for now, the N.S.A. will no longer collect newly created logs of Americans’ phone calls in bulk. It also means that the F.B.I. cannot invoke the Patriot Act to obtain, for new investigations, wiretap orders that follow a suspect who changes phones, wiretap orders for a “lone wolf” terrorism suspect not linked to a group, or court orders to obtain business records relevant to an investigation.

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