House Defeats Bill Extending Patriot Act Provisions
Washington — The House of Representatives voted to extend three provisions of the Patriot Act and Intelligence Reform bill that are due to expire next month until December. The House voted 277-148 in...
View ArticleTerrorist Hunt Continues! Obama Signs Patriot Act Extension
WASHINGTON – Minutes before a midnight deadline, President Barack Obama signed into law a four-year extension of post-Sept. 11 powers to search records and conduct roving wiretaps in pursuit of...
View ArticleSen. Rand Paul Temporarily Blocks Patriot Act Phone Data Collection
The federal government’s authority to gather vast quantities of phone records in the hunt for terrorists expired at 12:01 a.m. Monday after Senator Rand Paul, Republican of Kentucky, blocked an...
View ArticleFeds Will No Longer Collect Phone Data Under New Law Overhauling U.S. Spy...
President Barack Obama on Tuesday signed legislation that reforms a contentious government surveillance program that swept up millions of Americans’ telephone records after the bill was passed by...
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