Julian Sanchez, The Nation. October 24, 2009. Thanks to behind-the-scenes maneuvering by the Obama administration, a bipartisan majority has approved legislation that seems to abandon hope of reining in the Patriot Act.
Amy Goodman, Juan Gonzalez, Democracy Now!. October 1, 2009. In its first review of the PATRIOT Act, the Court will rule on an anti-terror law outlawing any aid to groups on the State Department's list of terrorist groups.
The American Civil Liberties UnionOctober 1, 2009. Sen. Russ Feingold and others have introduced the JUSTICE Act, which reforms our surveillance laws, including the Patriot Act and the FISA Amendments Act of 2008.
Jeremy Scahill, The Nation. July 30, 2009. In an exclusive interview, Feingold argues why his lone vote to oppose expanding the military by 30,000 soldiers was the right one.
John Byrne, Raw Story. April 8, 2009. In a legal filing on Friday, Obama lawyers claimed the government is shielded from lawsuits by a 'sovereign immunity' clause in the Patriot Act.
Liliana Segura, AlterNet AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 26, 2009. Robert Mueller told the Senate Judiciary Committee on Wednesday that key provisions set to expire this year are 'exceptionally helpful.'
John Nichols, The Nation AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. November 18, 2008. For starters, he called for the firing of any "petty bureaucrat" who might dissent from the expansion of government powers after 9/11.
Bill Weinberg, AlterNet. July 30, 2008. As activists continue to fight for people's rights to keep their homes in New Orleans, repression by local authorities is brutal.
Looseheadprop, Firedoglake AlterNet: PEEK. May 19, 2008. An investigation by the Department of Justice found systemic failures and abuses in the FBI's use and management of National Security Letters
Adam Liptak, The New York Times. October 29, 2007. The American commitment to free speech is the most robust in the world. But these days that tolerance stops at the border.
Patricia Williams, The Nation. October 12, 2007. Pity artist Steve Kurtz, whose life has been turned upside down for a few petri dishes police found in his house which were going to be part of his latest installation.
GottaLaff, AlterNet: PEEK. September 27, 2007. GottaLaff: The Mayfield case has been an embarrassment for the federal government. So has the entire administration.
Sean Gonsalves, AlterNet. September 17, 2007. Amid all the chatter over the New England Patriots' "spy gate" scandal, the question is: what do Bill Belichick's video man, Bush patriots and the USA Patriot Act have in common?
Jeralyn Merritt, AlterNet: PEEK. September 7, 2007. Jeralyn Merritt: National Security letters are not just used to get records of suspected terrorists and they have a tremendous potential for abuse.
Michael Parks, AlterNet. June 21, 2007. An interview with author Christopher A. Finan shows how far we have come with civil liberties since World War I and how far we have yet to go.
Frances Madeson, TomPaine.com. May 23, 2007. Think surveillance is for terrorists? Think again. Under the terms of the Patriot Act, a ton of your personal and financial information may already be in the FBI's database.
Marjorie Cohn, AlterNet. March 12, 2007. In the Bush administration, justice has become politicized. Gonzales has used provisions in the Patriot Act to replace U.S. Attorneys with Bush loyalists.
