Muckraker Sampson on the Patiot Act Provision by Paul Kiel 03.29.07 | 12:20 pm 0 Here Kyle Sampson says that he did have the idea to use the Patiot Act provision to avoid Senate confirmation for the administration’s U.S. attorney picks, but that the Attorney General and White House counsel nixed it. Send Tips Paul Kiel is a former TPM reporter who covers covers business and consumer finance for ProPublica.