Technically, three key provisions of the Patriot Act governing what data the NSA can collect and how expired tonight after Rand Paul bested Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell at his own procedural game. Whether the NSA will actually stop while Congress attempts to pass a new bill is apparently another story.
Rand Paul just took to the Senate floor to filibuster the renewal of the Patriot Act, and if history’s any judge, this could be going on for a while. Friends, pray for Rand Paul’s bladder.
The National Security Agency’s widespread collection of telephone records is illegal and not authorized by Congress, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday in ACLU v. Clapper. A New York District court had previously refused to even review the bulk collection program, saying it was “for the other two…
A reauthorization of the Patriot Act was defeated on Monday night after 26 Republicans voted against the measure.
We like to avail ourselves of the Freedom of Information of Act now and again, because sometimes we find FBI memos about how the Green Party is a terrorist organization because we don't get too many libruls here in Georgia.
