Tag: Fourth Amendment

High court allows disputed home search

High court allows disputed home search

Mark Sherman · February 25, 2014 4:11 pm

Beltway Confidential

Lindsey Graham: NSA data collection ‘not Fourth Amendment’ issue

Joel Gehrke · February 12, 2014 5:00 am

Rand Paul: ‘Do we no longer have a Fourth Amendment?’

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Rand Paul: ‘Do we no longer have a Fourth Amendment?’

Charlie Spiering · February 11, 2014 5:00 am

Rep. Justin Amash, R-Mich., comments about the vote on the defense spending bill and his failed amendment that would have cut funding to the National Security Agency's program that collects the phone records of U.S. citizens and residents, at the Capitol, Wednesday, July 24, 2013. The Amash Amendment narrowly lost, 217-205. The White House and congressional backers of the NSA's electronic surveillance program lobbied against ending the massive collection of phone records from millions of Americans saying it would put the nation at risk from another terrorist attack. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

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Justin Amash: ‘Nothing the president said today will end the unconstitutional invasion of Americans’ privacy’

Ashe Schow · January 17, 2014 5:00 am

Proponents of reform to the National Security Agency's data collection program say that any reforms must include changes to the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, a bill that was originally passed in 1986 and has not been updated to address changing technology. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Fourth Amendment supporters: Obama’s NSA reforms must include ECPA reform

Ashe Schow · January 16, 2014 5:00 am

President Obama on Friday defended the National Security Agency's collection of phone metadata, saying he was confident that the agency did not abuse its powers. (AP Photo)

Stop the lies: Time for an intelligence community shakeup

David Freddoso · December 25, 2013 5:00 am

National Security Agency programs that mass collect innocent Americans' phone records and metadata should be curbed, according to a report commissioned by President Obama that was released Wednesday. (Photo: Thinkstock)

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Edward Snowden vindicated? Review panel suggests curbing NSA data collection

Ashe Schow · December 19, 2013 5:00 am

U.S. District Judge Richard Leon recently ruled, in an ongoing civil lawsuit, that it's "significantly likely" that the National Security Agency's wholesale collection of our phone records is unconstitutional -- a clear violation of the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky)

It’s important to strike the right balance between security and freedom

Cal Thomas · December 18, 2013 5:00 am

Foursquare gets Creepy, adds “Keep Tabs on your Friends” Feature

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Foursquare gets Creepy, adds “Keep Tabs on your Friends” Feature

Washington Examiner · September 26, 2012 7:34 pm