A bill to amend the USA PATRIOT Act to repeal the sunsets was introduced in the Senate May 21, by Senator Jon Kyl (R-AR). See S. 2476. See my previous post on USA Patriot Act Sunset Provisions. See also ACLU, ALA Oppose Bill Making Patriot Act Permanent Continue Reading
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More Docs. Released by ACLU in Patriot Act Challenge
New Documents Unsealed in ACLU and NYCLU Patriot Act Challenge…see brief and supporting documents. Continue Reading
FBI Director Testifies on Role of Patriot Act
Testimony of Robert S. Mueller, III, Director, Federal Bureau of Investigation, Before the United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary, May 20, 2004, hearing on FBI Oversight: Terrorism and Other Topics. “…I would also like to acknowledge that the progress the FBI has made in reforming our counterterrorism and intelligence programs is due in no… Continue Reading
Hearing on Bill to Expand Patriot Act
May 18, 2004 – Legislative hearing on H.R. 3179, the “Anti-Terrorism Intelligence Tools Improvement Act of 2003.” Witness List, Chairman Howard Coble, Daniel Bryant, Thomas Harrington, and from the prepared statement of Bob Barr, “The question before us today is whether the USA PATRIOT Act should be expanded this year. In short, the answer is… Continue Reading
Website Posting on Patriot Act Case is Redacted
From the ACLU press release, Judge Revises Sealing Order in Controversial Patriot Act Challenge, May 12: “A federal judge today revised a strict sealing order in a challenge to the Patriot Act’s expanded “National Security Letter” power filed by the American Civil Liberties Union and the New York Civil Liberties Union. The government had relied… Continue Reading
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Challenge to “National Security Letter” Authority Revealed
ACLU Discloses Documents in Extraordinary Sealed Challenge to Patriot Act Spying Power. Scroll down on this page to locate a redacted copy of the complaint. Continue Reading
Securing Intelligence and Protecting Civil Liberties
Domestic Intelligence and Civil Liberties, by Kate Martin (Director, Center for National Security Studies), SAIS Review, Winter-Spring 2004. [Secrecy News] “The 9.11 Commission hearings have highlighted intelligence failures by the FBI and CIA before September 11. On April 13, 2004, Attorney General Ashcroft told the Commission that the “wall” between law enforcement and intelligence was… Continue Reading
Library Associations Oppose Increased Broadband Surveillance
“The American Library Association, along with other library and education associations, has filed comments with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) opposing a Department of Justice attempt to bring all broadband access to the Internet within the scope of the Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act (CALEA).” [Link] Continue Reading
More Testimony and Reports on 9/11 Released Today
Two Staff Statements were released today by the 9/11 Commission, along with submitted testimony from today’s hearing, as follows (more links tomorrow as testimony is posted online) – Staff Statement No. 11: The Performance of the Intelligence Community Staff Statement No. 12: Reforming Law Enforcement, Counterterrorism, and Intelligence Collection in the United States John S.… Continue Reading
White House Threatens to Veto Limits to Patriot Act
The bipartisan SAFE Act (S. 1709 and H.R. 3352), “to amend the USA PATRIOT ACT to place reasonable limitations on the use of surveillance and the issuance of search warrants, and for other purposes,” is the target of a veto threat by the White House, delivered by letter from Attorney General Ashcroft to Senate leaders,… Continue Reading
DOJ OIG Report on Patriot Act
Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act, January 27, 2004 [ResourceShelf]: “Section 1001 of the USA PATRIOT Act (Patriot Act), Public Law 107-56, directs the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) in the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ or Department) to undertake a series of actions related to claims… Continue Reading
