Patriot Act
Legislation, Liberty, NSA, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
Ongoing battle over surveillance
Federal Government, GOP, Legislation, Liberty, NSA, Patriot Act, Presidential Race 2016, Privacy, Terrorism
Paul on his rivals
Crime, Federal Government, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
‘Live by the all-pervasive state, die by it’
“Little did Hastert know at the time that the law he helped pass would give federal law enforcement the tools to indict him on charges of violating banking-related reporting requirements more than a decade later.” Via Patriot Act that Dennis Hastert passed led to his indictment @ AgainstCronyCapitalism.org
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Congress, Legislation, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
Slipping away
“But, the bigger surprise: even with a deadline looming, warnings of impending doom from surveillance justifiers, and pressure from Senate leadership, the extension received less support than the reform bill. In other words, more senators believe that the prospect of completely losing some surveillance authority is less damaging than allowing the government to continue its…
Fear Uncertainty Doubt, Federal Government, Legislation, Military, Patriot Act, Surveillance
FUD
“In a last-ditch effort to scare lawmakers into preserving unpopular and much-abused surveillance authorities, the Senate Republican leadership and some intelligence officials are warning that allowing Section 215 of the Patriot Act to sunset would compromise national security. (One particularly crass example from Senator Lindsey Graham: “Anyone who neuters this program is going to be…
Legislation, Liberty, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
Defender of the Surveillance State
“On the other side is a camp led by Mitch McConnell, who has proposed legislation extending the government’s spying powers without any new limitations or safeguards. Even before Thursday, McConnell’s case against reform was grounded in an almost surreal denial of the facts about the NSA program. McConnell has insisted that the NSA’s telephone program…
Congress, Law, Legislation, Liberty, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
The Patriot Act Balance of Power
“If Section 215 sunsets, pro-reform advocates will have more leverage to push for stronger surveillance reforms than those currently on the table, because the new status quo will tip more in favor of those who oppose mass surveillance under the Patriot Act. However, they will have to strongly push back against fearmongering from anti-reformists and…
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Legislation, Liberty, Patriot Act, Privacy, Surveillance
Defending a Free Society
“The focus of the senator’s alarm, and rightly so, was a pair of bipartisan renewal bills in both houses that fall short of remedying the problem. The bills would cut back, but not end, the domestic phone-data sweeps that eroded individual rights while accomplishing little in protecting the nation. They avoid the issue of bulk…
GOP, Liberty, NSA, Patriot Act, Surveillance
Mitch McConnell can’t get enough Patriot Action
“At least since the rise of a libertarian wing of the Republican Party, the GOP has at least two paths when it comes to foreign policy, the war on terror, and civil liberties. It can side with the Mike Lees and the Rand Pauls of the world, who are serious about extending limited government principles…