> I'm not actually sure how many of it's provisions still stand, but they are a much smaller subset than the massive umbrella of powers initially approved in 2001.

I'd be curious as to how many of those powers simply got spun out into other covering legislation/banking law. I suspect quite a few.

Particularly in the freezing of suspicious funds, AML/KYC, banking secrecy, etc. If anything I think we've ramped up the regulation and lack of due process to 11 more than de-escalated.

it's a representative democracy filled with power-hungry people. the dynamics that would cause "temporary" laws to be renewed infinitely is the same. it's not like it's some quirk/loophole like filibusterers. if anything the more pragmatic (for lack of a better word) approach (as opposed to absolutist in the US) to freedom compared to the US makes it even more likely that authoritarian measures will remain.