The last time we visited President Barack Obama's Promise 180, civil liberties advocates and intelligence experts predicted big changes would be made to the Patriot Act to give Congress more oversight over warrantless wiretaps.

No go, apparently.

Last fall, civil liberties groups were hopeful about two bills that included new, additional oversight.

One, by Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, would have reauthorzied three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act with new reporting requirements and oversight authority. It would also have phased out the government's use of national security letters, documents used by the government to demand businesses or organizations turn over information about individuals.

Meanwhile, the House Judiciary Committee approved a bill that would have reauthorized a provision that allows the government to maintain wiretaps even if a suspect changes phone numbers or providers, but would have let another expiring provision lapse -- one that permits the government to track suspects that are not affiliated with any group or foreign country. The House bill also phased out the national letters program and modified the government's authority to conduct "sneak and peek" searches, those done in secret that require no prior notice.

But instead, back in February, Congress passed a one-year extension of three expiring provisions of the Patriot Act without changes. They include: a provision that would permit the government to seize, through court order, "any tangible things" deemed relevant in a terrorism inquiry; a provision that allows the government to establish "roving" wiretaps on suspects who switch phone numbers or providers; and a provision that gives the government authority to seek a court-ordered wiretap of "lone wolf" terrorism targets -- suspects that are not connected to a particular group or foreign nation.

Indeed, the Obama administration sent a letter to Congress in September 2009 urging renewal of the three expiring powers, but did not outline specifics to bolster oversight. In fact, the letter praised current oversight procedures as having worked well.

Civil liberties groups say the extension precludes further action on the issue this year. As a result, we're moving this promise to Stalled.