Patriot Act News

Democrats and Republicans working together in Washington to address abuses of basic liberties? Bipartisan responses to the challenges that arise in the grey area where balances are struck between Constitutional guarantees and national security demands? Impossible.

Every time the word " bipartisan " makes it to print the world suffers. When the two rival political syndicates line up in a row in favor of something, it's because their masters feel so strongly about the issue that all other concerns are bulldozed away.

When Ro Khanna, a young, energetic intellectual property lawyer, ran for Congress against Tom Lantos, he was the candidate of the progressives.

The duo from the Center for Responsive Politics assess the long-term impact of the improper audits conducted by IRS personnel on conservative groups.

Back then, government overreach was distinctly uncouth. "If the events of September 11, 2001, have proven anything," comedian Jon Stewart lamented, "it's that the terrorists can attack us, but they can't take away what makes us American - our freedom, our liberty, our civil rights." He paused: "Only Attorney General John Ashcroft can do that." ... (more)

On Monday, the Associated Press revealed that the Department of Justice used subpoenas to obtain phone records of its editors and reporters from April and May 2012.

The revelation that the U.S. government used secret subpoenas to pry into Associated Press reporters' phone records triggered two contradictory reactions in the political world.

As part of the fallout of the Boston bombings, we're probably going to get some new laws that give the FBI additional investigative powers.

On the same day that the White House was trying to quell firestorms over the IRS and Benghazi, word broke that the Justice Department secretly obtained two months of telephone records on 20 lines used by reporters and editors of the Associated Press from its offices in New York, D-C and Hartford, CT.

Let's not allow the tragic bombings in Boston to become an excuse to gut our civil liberties once again.

As part of the fallout of the Boston bombings, we're probably going to get some new laws that give the FBI additional investigative powers.

Co-founder and CEO of systems integrator Cloudreach Pontus Noren has warned firms that the US government is capable of taking data it deems important to its security, without needing to rely on the Patriot Act.

The FBI has long been searching for a way to bypass the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution which they have claimed makes their job difficult, increasingly so in the information age.

People attend the "Rally for Citizenship" in support of immigration reform, on Capitol Hill in Washington, on Wednesday, April 10, 2013.

What constitutes war? Are we still at a place where it requires an attack on another country ... troops crossing the border, aircraft bombing civilians? It was in response to the 9/11 attacks in New York and Washington, and its first salvo was, oddly enough, fired at the American people.

If the event does take place, the rally goers will have a major issue as openly carrying guns is against the law in the District of Columbia.

TenantBackgroundSearch.com Now Offers Comprehensive Tenant Screening Tenant Background Search , an internet firm based in Dallas that specializes in tenant qualifying services for landlords, has announced it is now offering a comprehensive tenant screening package.Jeff LeVan of TenantBackgroundSearch.com, says the package will include a full ... (more)

The National Security Strategy according to Don M Snider,. "The National Security Strategy : Documenting Strategic Vision"outlines the purpose of the NSS as five primary objectives .

The Texas Legislature took three high-profile mulligans last month. Twice in the House and once in the Senate, a majority of lawmakers voted one way on a bill or amendment, only to quickly turn around and vote the other way.

Here we go again. The Obama administration has asked its allies in Congress to introduce legislation that would permit the feds to continue their march through the Fourth Amendment when it comes to obtaining private information about all of us.