[On the President's request to give law enforcement administrative subpoenas]: "This moves us in the direction of the executive law enforcement power extending to the point where they can do whatever ...

Caution flags are being lifted again as the Bush administration plans even more restrictions on American liberties than were contained in the USA Patriot Act. That act was passed in 2001 and gave the ...

Just six weeks after the terrorist attacks in New York and Washington on September 11, 2001, Congress approved the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act),[1] which expanded federal law enforcement and ...

President Bush is urging lawmakers to renew 16 surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act set to expire at the end of the year, while critics continue to charge the provisions violate civil liberties.

While the world has recoiled in fear from the threat of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, a fear of a different kind has haunted people on American soil — the deterioration of civil liberties. The ...

The Patriot Act was passed six weeks after September 11, in such haste that some provisions were subject to 'sunset.' That means they'll expire at the end of this year unless Congress restores them.

The stellar victory in Iraq will boost President Bush’s approval ratings back to levels we haven’t seen in months. I’m afraid his administration will capitalize on this revived popularity by trying to ...

News AssistantThe staff of Attorney General John Ashcroft has drafted a controversial bill that would broaden the gathering powers of law enforcement and intelligence agencies and expand on the ...

Two years after the USA Patriot Act became law, Jewish groups are still searching for the balance between law enforcement and civil liberties. The passage of the legislation in the aftermath of the ...

WASHINGTON — Two senators claimed on Thursday that the Justice Department had secretly interpreted the so-called Patriot Act in a twisted way, enabling domestic surveillance activities that many ...

Former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard speaks out against the RESTRICT Act, a new internet control bill quietly making its way through Congress. TULSI GABBARD: People should pay really close attention to the ...

People are also reading… But the damage was done. Criticism of the Patriot Act has come from all parts of the political spectrum. Some 200 local governments have adopted resolutions opposing it. The ...