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Matt Naham Rare 11/14/2014 An aide for Sen. Rand Paul (R-Ky.) says the senator will oppose the USA Freedom Act, a bill supporters believe reins in the National Security Agency’s metadata collection program. Paul and House opponents claim this bill does not tame the NSA effectively and also extends the Patriot Act, a law many […] November 15th, 2014 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Sen. Patrick Leahy, Sen. Rand Paul, USA Freedom Act | Category: Congress, legislation, Right to Privacy | Comments are closed
Sancho Panza Soopermexican 6/1/2014 Early Saturday it was announced by the administration that the only American prisoner of war in the Afghanistan was released in exchange for 5 Guantanamo Bay terrorists being set free to Qatar. The circumstances of the capture of Bowe Bergdahl had been in question long before his release – supposedly he […] June 1st, 2014 | Tags: Andrew C. McCarthy, AWOL, Guantanamo Bay detainees, negotiations, Patriot Act, Rep. Buck McKeon, Robert Bergdahl, rule of law, Sen. James Inhofe, Sgt. Andrew Tahmooressi, Sgt. Bowe Bergdahl, Taliban, treason, Twitter | Category: Afghanistan, Barack Obama, Bloggers, Congress, Foreign Policy, Islam, Media accountability, Military, National Security, Politics, Social networking websites, terrorism | Comments are closed
Bill Gertz The Washington Times 5/28/2014 A 2010 Pentagon directive on military support to civilian authorities details what critics say is a troubling policy that envisions the Obama administration’s potential use of military force against Americans. The directive contains noncontroversial provisions on support to civilian fire and emergency services, special events and the domestic use […] May 29th, 2014 | Tags: “Defense Support of Civil Authorities”, domestic unrest, drones, emergency powers, Patriot Act, Posse Comitatus Act, SWAT team, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers | Category: Barack Obama, Department of Defense, Military, US Constitution | Comments are closed
9 August 2013 …but it’s tonight’s headlines from The Huffington Post.
Here are the links: Obama Dismisses Snowden: Not ‘A Patriot’… Claims Reforms Have Nothing To Do With Him… NO ONE BUYS IT: ‘Dubious At Best’… FLASHBACK: Intel Master Gave ‘Least Untruthful’ Answer To Congress… […] August 9th, 2013 | Tags: ACLU, domestic surveillance, Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA), Edward Snowden, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), Glenn Greenwald, James R. Clapper, Lavabit, National Security Agency, Patriot Act, reform, Ron Wyden, The Guardian, transparency, whistleblower | Category: Barack Obama, Congress, Internet, Media accountability, National Intelligence, National Security, Right to Privacy, technology, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Reps. Justin Amash and John Conyers tried to protect the Constitution. Barack Obama, not so much. Nick Gillespie Reason Magazine 7/27/2013 This is what bipartisanship looks like—and it looks pretty damn fresh. Yesterday, a bill co-sponsored by Reps. Justin Amash (R-MI) and John Conyers (D-MI) that would have brought NSA domestic surveillance of U.S. citizens […] July 27th, 2013 | Tags: domestic surveillance, Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA), National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. John Conyers, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Thomas Massie, Rep. Trey Radel, rule of law | Category: 4th Amendment, Barack Obama, civil liberties, Congress, legislation, Right to Privacy, US Constitution | Comments are closed
Mary Katharine Ham Hot Air 7/24/2013 A strange bedfellows moment on the floor of the House Wednesday, as a coalition of libertarian Republicans and liberal Democrats joined up in an attempt to restrict the NSA’s domestic spying powers. The amendment was vocally opposed by leadership of both parties, even earning a White House statement against […] July 25th, 2013 | Tags: National Security Agency, Patriot Act, Rep. Justin Amash, Rep. Michele Bachmann, Rep. Tom Cotton | Category: 4th Amendment, Glenn Beck, Video | Comments are closed
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