With the USA PATRIOT Act’s bulk data collection authority set to expire at the end of the month without congressional action and most of Congress away for recess, civil libertarian Congressman Justin Amash (R-MI) is remaining in town to attend the House of Representatives’ pro forma sessions to prevent Speaker John Boehner from taking advantage […]
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May 28th, 2015 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Section 215, Sen. Rand Paul, Speaker John Boehner, USA Freedom Act | Category: Congress, legislation, National Security, Politicians, Right to Privacy, terrorism | Comments are closed
Jack Hunter Rare.us 5/23/2015 After Rand Paul’s ten hour long filibuster against a clean reauthorization of the Patriot Act Wednesday, the New York Times editorialized (emphasis added): He may have annoyed Senate colleagues by seizing the floor for a marathon monologue on Wednesday, but Senator Rand Paul did Americans a singular service by forcing attention […] May 23rd, 2015 | Tags: Edward Snowden, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Section 215, Sen. Mitch McConnell, Sen. Rand Paul | Category: 9th Amendment, Congress, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Julian Hattem The Hill 5/7/2015 A federal court has decided that the National Security Agency’s (NSA) bulk, warrantless collection of millions of Americans’ phone records is illegal. The sweeping decision from the Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Thursday represents a major court victory for opponents of the NSA, and comes just as Congress begins […] May 7th, 2015 | Tags: "metadata", Edward Snowden, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. James Sensenbrenner, Section 215, U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals | Category: Congress, National Security, Right to Privacy, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Bonnie Kristian Rare.us 4/23/2015 You may have heard that key provisions of the deceptively named PATRIOT Act—the law passed in the wake of 9/11 which gave the government massive new legal authority to invade our privacy and ignore the Fourth Amendment—are set to expire in June. Most notable among what will expire is Section 215: […] April 23rd, 2015 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Section 215, Sen. Mitch McConnell, USA Freedom Act | Category: 4th Amendment, Congress, legislation, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
RepThomasMassie YouTube 4/10/2015 Glenn Beck talks with Rep. Massie about the Surveillance State Repeal Act (H.R.1466), which he introduced with Rep. Mark Pocan (D-WI). The bill would repeal the Patriot Act. . .
April 10th, 2015 | Tags: ‘writs of assistance’, "metadata", "Surveillance State Repeal Act", Edward Snowden, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), H.R. 1466, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, PRISM, Rep. Mark Pocan, Rep. Thomas Massie | Category: Audio, Congress, Glenn Beck, legislation, terrorism, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Barry Donegan BenSwann.com 4/6/2015 On last night’s episode of HBO’s Last Week Tonight with John Oliver, Edward Snowden faced tough questions about the way in which he blew the whistle on the National Security Agency’s widespread surveillance of American citizens and discussed the lesser-known fact that NSA agents have access to explicit photos stored on […] April 6th, 2015 | Tags: Edward Snowden, genitals, Gmail, Google, John Oliver, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, photographs, PRISM, Section 215 | Category: Internet, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
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