   USA PATRIOT ArchiveFebruary 02, 2006PATRIOT Postponed
The PATRIOT Act gets another five week extension. It appears the urgent expansion of police powers can wait after all.
October 12, 2005Spot the Terrorist
Wendy Grossman on why, when screening for terrorists, it's the "normal" people you need to keep an eye on.
June 17, 2005Gonna Get a Dell; Gotta Tell the Government Why
A Dell sales person asks what a customer is planning to do with a server, claims PATRIOT made him do it.
May 11, 2005Good Patriot, Bad Patriot
The American Bar Association is hosting a blog containing arguments for and against allowing the PATRIOT Act "sunset" provisions to expire. It's under a Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs Creative Commons license, so you can reuse the pieces.
April 07, 2005Gonzalez Willing to Talk PATRIOT Act Fixes
Attorney General Alberto Gonzalez recently told the Senate Judiciary Committee that he is open to talking about modifications to the USA PATRIOT Act.
PATRIOT Act: 108 Sneek-N-Peeks
In hearings on the USA PATRIOT Act's sunset provisions, the Bush Administration disclosed that the Act's controversial "sneek-n-peek" searches - done without ever notifying the subject - have been conducted 108 times.
March 02, 2005Gonzalez Urges PATRIOT Act Renewal in 1st Speech as AG
Not much of a surprise, but a disappointment, nonetheless.
Privacy Advocate Forced to Keep Feet on Ground
Great article on EFF Co-Founder John Gilmore's lawsuit over secret security laws.
December 10, 2004George Tenet Calls for Restricted Net Access
"Access to networks like the World Wide Web might need to be
limited to those who can show they take security seriously,
he [Tenet] said." Wow.
September 29, 2004ACLU Wins Huge PATRIOT Act Victory!
Great news - a federal judge sided with the ACLU and found some powers under the PATRIOT Act unconstitutional!
September 24, 2004"PATRIOT II" On Deck
The GOP hopes to revive the controversial bill by attaching it to the coattails of the 9/11 Commission Report.
August 12, 2004More Grassroots Opposition to the PATRIOT Act
The NY Times on "the 330 communities and 4 states that have condemned or expressed worry about the act."
July 19, 2004Washington Post Calls for PATRIOT Review
This op-ed considers a recent DoJ report and concludes that the PATRIOT Act demands careful, thorough review before any discussion of expansion can take place.
July 14, 2004DoJ Provides Partial List of PATRIOT Uses
The Department of Justice provided a list of 35 incidents where it used the Act, but it's far from a full accounting of PATRIOT's impact.
July 09, 2004House Fails to Limit PATRIOT Powers
The latest attempt to reform the USA PATRIOT Act - this time regarding government access to library records and reading habits - was foiled after a round of voting chicanery.
June 07, 2004Cities, States Oppose PATRIOT's Games
Wired News on the 300 cities and four states - where 51 million people live - that have passed resolutions opposing the USA PATRIOT Act.
May 31, 2004Pushing the Definition of "Aid and Comfort" in Idaho
A Muslim graduate student at the University of Idaho is on trial after being prosecuted under PATRIOT for serving as a webmaster for several Islamic fundamentalist sites.
May 18, 2004Good Idea Alert: Warrants for Data Mining
A panel convened by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld is recommending a sweeping policy overhaul to protect people from privacy abuses.
May 03, 2004Secret Warrants Topped Criminal Warrants in 2003
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