March 16, 2020 Sen. Rand Paul: My FISA reform amendment will keep America safe Once again, Congress is debating certain FISA powers passed as part of the PATRIOT Act, and, once again, the only idea of “debate” Congress will tolerate is one. where you are supposed to automatically vote “yes” at the end of the day to whatever leadership proposes.
March 15, 2020 Andrew McCarthy: No to 'FISA reform' Sens. Paul and Lee, their progressive allies, and the Trump supporters they’ve hoodwinked would make us vulnerable to terrorists without fixing FISA.
March 5, 2020 Judge Andrew Napolitano: Patriot Act sections are weapons of totalitarian mass surveillance – repeal them Mass surveillance produces a state that knows more about us than we do about it.
February 13, 2020 Judge Andrew Napolitano: Government is spying on us without warrants, in violation of Constitution While we were all consumed by impeachment, a pernicious piece of legislation was slowly and silently making its way through Congress.
November 19, 2019 House bill to fund government also extends Patriot Act data-collection provisions, despite opposition A stopgap funding bill of House lawmakers extends surveillance-related provisions of the USA Patriot Act that expire Dec. 15 for another three months. The provision called Section 215 allows the government to gain access to business records and conduct roving wiretaps of people trying to duck surveillance and counterterrorism investigations.
June 4, 2015 NSA spying: Today in America our government keeps us neither free nor safe The government’s job is to keep us free and safe. If it keeps us safe but not free, it has failed to do its job.
June 3, 2015 Judge Napolitano Slams Conservative Backers Of Freedom Act Judge: Freedom Act Limits Our Freedoms