Say It Plain: Stop Spying on Us

Sonali Kolhatkar / Truthdig Jun 5, 2015 The recent debates over the USA Patriot and Freedom acts missed the point: Rather than discuss the details of how much to curb the government's right to spy on us, Americans need to question the legitimacy of all government spying and push back as hard as possible against dubious claims to protect us.Americans need to question the legitimacy of all government spying and push back as hard as possible against dubious claims to protect us. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Spy in the Sky

Bill Day, Cagle Cartoons Jun 4, 2015 Dig deeper

Patriot Act

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Senate Passes USA Freedom Act, Restricting NSA Surveillance Powers

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 3, 2015 Passage of the act will end the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Patriot Act Extension

Nate Beeler, The Columbus Dispatch, Cagle Cartoons Jun 3, 2015 Dig deeper

Jon Stewart: If the Patriot Act Is Working So Poorly, Why Are These Guys Adamant We Have to Keep It?

Natasha Hakimi Zapata / Truthdig Jun 2, 2015 Though it seems our nation did not collapse after the Patriot Act expired Sunday night, some politicians would have you believe the end is drawing nigh. The "Daily Show" host, however, begs to differ. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

Undercutting the Patriot Act Is a Major Win for Rand Paul and Edward Snowden

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig Jun 2, 2015 The senator was a legislative force against the invasive law, but most of the credit goes to the now-exiled whistleblower who revealed the government’s massive and secret abuse of our privacy rights. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Thank You, Edward Snowden: An End to General Warrants as So-Called Patriot Act Expires

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 The U.S. government behemoth dedicated to spying on us all in contravention of the Constitution will likely be only slightly inconvenienced by the expiration of the misnamed “Patriot Act," forced by Sen. Rand Paul late Sunday night. But at least a few baby steps back toward democracy will be taken as a result. Dig deeper ( 2 Min. Read )

Why Rand Paul Was Right to Kill the So-Called Patriot Act: It Was Never About Terrorism

Juan Cole / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 Sen. Rand Paul, who had vowed to force the expiration of the so-called Patriot Act, is right that it is unconstitutional. In this regard he is a better constitutional scholar than Barack Obama, whose stance on this issue is, to say the least, disappointing. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Senate Debates Patriot Act and NSA Reform

Roisin Davis / Truthdig Jun 1, 2015 UPDATE: A heated Sunday Senate session has failed to produce an eleventh-hour extension of the controversial Patriot Act. The Senate will vote on a revised version of the Freedom Act, a bill aimed at ending the controversial bulk collection of telephone metadata, on Tuesday. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Rand Paul Got One (Huge) Thing Right

Bill Boyarsky / Truthdig May 28, 2015 The Kentucky senator's filibuster against renewing the Patriot Act made the widely covered campaign speeches of the other presidential candidates -- including Hillary Clinton -- look shallow.The Kentucky senator's filibuster against renewing the Patriot Act made the widely covered campaign speeches of the other presidential candidates, including Hillary Clinton, look shallow. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

Here’s How to Help Deep-Six Section 215 of the Patriot Act

Kasia Anderson / Truthdig May 28, 2015 It's not just Republican Sen. Rand Paul who doesn't want Congress to allow the Patriot Act's Section 215 -- which has enabled the U.S. government to spy on residents on an unprecedented scale in recent years -- to be renewed before its scheduled expiration on June 1. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )