Patriot Act News

Ten years ago, we learned that the fastest way to pass a bad law is to call it the 'Patriot Act' and force Congress to vote on it in the immediate wake of a horrible attack on the United States.

REASON: Meet Richard Mack, the Oath Keeper Running Against SOPA Author Lamar Smith: How a state's rights conservative became an ally to the tech industry.

Editor's note:: Walter Brasch wote columns, human interest and investigative articles about 9/11, and was one of the first to write about PATRIOT Act violations of civil liberties and the Constitution.

After a bit more of a year of President Barack Obama's first term, we have been treated to one disappointment after another.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Sens. Harry Reid and Dianne Feinstein flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them.

The U.S. House of Representatives this week did something it should have done years ago - it blocked the continuation of three of the more controversial parts of the PATRIOT Act.

The Stop Online Piracy Act , authored by Rep. Lamar Smith at the behest of Hollywood and the recording industry, inspired one of the largest and most organic opposition campaigns in recent memory.

Prompted by three recent acts of terrorism in the UCSB community, the student body has fallen under scrutiny from the FBI and the Department of Homeland Security.

After a bit more of a year of President Barack Obama's first term, we have been treated to one disappointment after another.

The National Defense Authorization Act known as the "Indefinite Detention Act" was signed into law by President Obama on Dec.

It's always time to worry when you hear that something has to be done, and done right away, or else a calamity of unimagined proportions will strike.

A The Fairfax Town Council adopted a resolution objecting to the National Defense Authorization Act over grave concerns about violations within NDAA of several sections of the U.S. Constitution.

Nathan Kleinman, a 29-year-old member of Occupy Philadelphia, is running for Congress in Pennsylvania's 13th district against Democrat Allyson Schwartz.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Sens. Harry Reid and Dianne Feinstein flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them.

The U.S. House of Representatives this week did something it should have done years ago - it blocked the continuation of three of the more controversial parts of the PATRIOT Act.

After a bit more of a year of President Barack Obama's first term, we have been treated to one disappointment after another.

Remember George W. Bush? Remember thinking that a vote for Barack Obama would be a vote to bring the Homeland Security state of George W. Bush under control? According to federal law, the Administrative Office of the United States Courts is supposed to report on the uses of the Patriot Act power for the government to engage in "sneak and peek" ... (more)

On Jan. 24, Washington newspaper Politico described 29-year-old Jenkintown native Nathan Kleinman as "the first Occupy candidate." Kleinman, a member of Occupy Philadelphia since its fifth day at Dilworth Plaza, is running for the U.S. House of Representatives in the 13th District against Rep.

CHANHASSEN, Minn.-GOP presidential hopeful Rep. Ron Paul is attracting strong support at a series of rallies in Minnesota Saturday, and few lines of his stump speech are receiving more cheers than his call to repeal the Patriot Act and National Defense Authorization Act.

BLOOMSBURG, Pa. -- Sens. Harry Reid and Dianne Feinstein flexed their muscles, shook their rattles, and told President-elect Barack Obama not to tread upon them.