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
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
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
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