The Senate reauthorized an anti-terrorism surveillance law just after midnight Friday, overcoming objections from lawmakers worried the revamp did not do enough to protect Americans’ privacy. The Senate rushed to vote, 60 to 34, in favor of the two-year renewal, barely missing approving it ahead of the law’s midnight expiration. With the House having passed … Read more
Rebellious House Republicans on Wednesday turned back an effort to renew an anti-terror surveillance law that’s been used in the past to spy on Americans, leaving its fate up in the air less than 10 days before it’s set to expire. The fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — and particularly the post-9/11-era spying … Read more
Rebellious House Republicans on Wednesday turned back an effort to renew an anti-terror surveillance law that’s been used in the past to spy on Americans, leaving its fate up in the air less than 10 days before it’s set to expire. The fight over the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act — and particularly the post-9/11-era spying … Read more
House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-La.) will give pro-privacy advocates something they wanted in the upcoming debate over renewing an anti-terror surveillance law: a floor vote on how law enforcement agencies can get hold of personal info on Americans without a warrant. But critics say the move is a ploy meant to ensure the provision doesn’t … Read more
Civil liberties groups pushing to overhaul an anti-terror surveillance law are urging House leaders to allow votes on warrantless database searches and the government’s use of private data brokers when the law comes up for debate soon. In a letter obtained by HuffPost, a coalition of 32 groups ranging from the liberal American Civil Liberties … Read more
Opponents of a controversial 9/11-era intelligence-gathering law feel they were denied a chance to fix it this week when House leaders kept the issue from coming to the House floor. “I wish we were proceeding right now,” said Rep. Jim Jordan (R-Ohio), chair of the House Judiciary Committee, which had approved its own bipartisan overhaul … Read more
