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The 'USA Patriot Act' passes the House
The USA Patriot Act has passed the House of Representatives by a wide margin, putting the legislation to curtail the National Security Agency's bulk collection of phone meta-data in the hands of the...
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Chris Christie calls fears of government surveillance 'baloney'
Republican presidential candidate and New Jersey governor Chris Christie will call the widespread fear of government surveillance a bunch of "baloney" in an upcoming speech to be delivered in New...
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Rand Paul promises to do 'everything possible' to end the NSA's domestic...
Republican Senator and 2016 presidential candidate Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) promised at a speech yesterday in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that he will do "everything possible" to halt the National...
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Twenty-eight groups urge the Senate to let the 'USA Patriot Act' expire, vote...
A total of 28 rights groups and organizations sent a letter to lawmakers in the Senate urging them to oppose S. 1357. S. 1357 would extend the USA Patriot by two months up until July 31. The USA...
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The 'USA Patriot Act' expires, 'USA Freedom Act' fails to pass
The Patriot Act has officially expired this morning after the Senate failed to pass reauthorization of the bill on Sunday night. Along with it, many of the NSA's most controversial programs under...
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'USA Freedom Act' is now law
On the evening of June 2, the Senate passed the USA Freedom Act by a vote of 67 - 32. Shortly thereafter, President Barak Obama signed the bill into law. The bill was expedited in part because portions...
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Justice Dept asks FISA Court for extension of spying program
Despite the passage of the USA Freedom Act of 2015 - passed earlier this month - the Justice Department has aims on getting reauthorization from the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA...
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FISA Court gives the NSA another 180 days to spy on you
The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court ruled Monday that the NSA may temporarily resume its bulk data collection of Americans’ phone records. The ruling from the secretive court allows the NSA to...
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Chris Christie takes aim at Rand Paul over the Patriot Act
New Jersey Governor Chris Christie (R) took a hard shot at GOP presidential rival Senator Rand Paul (R-Kentucky) for his part in letting the USA Patriot Act expire earlier this year. Christie, clearly...
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Retired Senator: Edward Snowden should be hung in public
For every person in our country who believes that former NSA contractor Edward Snowden (pictured, left) is a hero for leaking hundreds or thousands of classified documents about the agency's various...
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