By Tag "Patriot Act" - page 2
Campaign for Liberty Joins Coalition Against New Pro-surveillance Bills
Campaign for Liberty has joined a broad coalition of organizations in sending a letter to the Senate opposing the FISA Improvements Act of 2015 and the the FISA Reform Act of 2015. These pieces of legislation are being promoted by surveillance [...]
Fearmongering in the Face of Patriot Act Expiration
The clock is ticking as certain provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire Sunday at midnight. If the Senate doesn't act (something they are usually great at), Section 215 of the Patriot Act will expire. The government has been using [...]
Campaign for Liberty supports the End Warrantless Surveillance Act
Campaign for Liberty has joined a coalition of anti-surveillance state groups from across the political spectrum in support of the End Warrantless Surveillance Act (HR 2233), legislation introduced by Republican Representative Ted Poe (TX-02), [...]
Let the Patriot Act Expire
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia - Today, Campaign for Liberty applauded Senator Rand Paul’s filibuster of numerous attempts to extend controversial surveillance provisions of the so-called “PATRIOT” Act. The Senate first failed to invoke cloture [...]
Jennifer Rubin In Distress
...because she does not read Ron Paul. Regular readers of neoconservative blogger Jennifer Rubin will not be surprised to learn she is not happy with Senator Rand Paul's efforts to block reauthorization of the expiring PATRIOT Act provisions. [...]
Watch Norm Singleton on Ron Paul Liberty Report
Earlier today C4L Vice President of Policy Norm Singleton was on the Ron Paul Liberty Report talking to Dr. Paul about the latest updates on the Patriot Act. Watch below:
Bruce Fein Schools Neocon on Surveillance State
Writing in the Huffington Post, Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general and general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission under President Reagan, corrects the numerous errors made in Andrew McCarthy's defense of the [...]
Another lie from the Surveillance State Defenders
Defenders of the Sec. 215 "bulk data" collection program claim that there is "not a single documented case where the program has been used to violate an individual's rights or otherwise been abused." March Wheeler, at Empty Wheel, examines this [...]
FBI admits Patriot Act snooping powers didn't crack any major terrorism cases
FBI agents cannot name a single terrorism-related case that they have solved due to the NSA spying programs authorized in the Patriot Act. Why are we not surprised? From the Washington Times: FBI agents can’t point to any major terrorism [...]
House Members Ask Senate for Stronger NSA Reform
A bipartisan group of 58 House members penned a letter to the Senate after the House passed the USA Freedom Act, urging the Senate to reject the bill in its current form because the legislation did not go far enough in limiting the NSA's ability [...]