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[03/27/2006] Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement
When President Bush signed the reauthorization of the USA Patriot Act this month, he included an addendum saying that he did not feel obliged to obey requirements that he inform Congress about how the FBI was using the act\'s expanded police powers. » More
[03/09/2006] Provisions of the USA Patriot Act
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[03/08/2006] House Renews USA Patriot Act; Bush to Sign
Law enforcement officials get to keep their antiterror tools, but with some new \"curbs\", under the USA Patriot Act renewal passed by the House in a cliffhanger vote. » More
[03/03/2006] Senate overwhelmingly passes Patriot Act renewal compromise
In a vote of 89 - 10, the United States Senate today overwhelmingly approved reauthorization of 16 controversial Patriot Act provisions. In the deal, 14 will become permanent, with two more requiring reauthorization in another four years. » More
[03/03/2006] Senate Approves Patriot Act Renewal
\"This bill will allow our law enforcement officials to continue to use the same tools against terrorists that are already used against drug dealers and other criminals, while safeguarding the civil liberties of the American people,\" Bush said in a statement from India. » More
[03/02/2006] Feingold reads constitution on Senate floor
Senator Russ Feingold (D-WI) has read the text of the U.S. constitution to the U.S. Senate after the body voted 95-4 approving 3 amendments to 16 controversial provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act, set for renewal. » More
[03/02/2006] Senate adds safeguards to Patriot Act
The U.S. Senate on Wednesday approved a White House-backed bill to better protect civil liberties in the USA Patriot Act, clearing the way for anticipated renewal of the anti-terrorism law. » More
[03/02/2006] Patriot Act \'compromise\' trades liberty for safety
Robert Byrd, the longest-serving member of the Senate, counts only a few regrets in his 47-year career: filibustering the 1964 Civil Rights Act, voting to expand the Vietnam War and backing airline deregulation. » More
[03/01/2006] Patriot Act Renewal Clears Final Hurdle
Months overdue in a midterm election year, the USA Patriot Act renewal cleared a final hurdle in the Senate Tuesday on its way to President Bush\'s desk. But the bill\'s sponsor said he is unsatisfied with the measure\'s privacy protections and far from done tinkering with the centerpiece of Bush\'s war on terrorism. » More
[11/22/2005] Feds ramp up spying on journalists, other Americans
Using powers granted under the USA Patriot Act, the Federal Bureau of Investigation has stepped up surveillance of journalists in an effort to plug leaks from a scandal-weary Bush administration. » More
[11/16/2005] USA PATRIOT reauthorization may include DNA database, habeas suspension
Washington sources indicate that closed-door negotiations on the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act have suddenly turned into an orgy of police-state expansion. » More
[11/09/2005] Searches without warrants
The American people should be plenty worried when a federal agency has the power to secretly creep about in the electronic lives of ordinary citizens without warrants or even reasonable suspicion they broke a law. » More
[11/09/2005] \"Laser\" Man To Plead Guilty To Patriot Act Charge
The Morris County man who allegedly pointed a hand-held laser device at an aircraft last year and then lied about it to investigators is due in federal court this morning. » More
[11/07/2005] FBI mines records of ordinary Americans
The FBI came calling in Windsor, Conn., this summer with a document marked for delivery by hand. On Matianuk Avenue, across from the tennis courts, two special agents found their man. They gave George Christian the letter, which warned him to tell no one, ever, what it said. » More
[11/07/2005] Senators wary as FBI spying on e-mail soars
Lawmakers expressed concern Sunday that the FBI was aggressively pushing the powers of the anti-terrorist USA Patriot Act to get access to private phone and financial records of ordinary people. » More
[11/04/2005] Drifting towards a Police State
The Snate Intelligence Committee is fine-tuning the details of a bill that will allow the FBI to secretly procure any of your personal records without “probable cause” or a court order giving them “unchecked authority to pry into personal and business matters” » More
[10/26/2005] Patriot Act bill would expand death penalty
The House bill that would reauthorize the USA Patriot Act anti-terrorism law includes several little-noticed provisions that would dramatically transform the federal death penalty system, allowing smaller juries to decide on executions and giving prosecutors the ability to try again if a jury deadlocks on sentencing. » More
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