Tag: Patriot Act

"The threat of the challenge is enormous and it's something we've never seen before," said Brett McGurk, the State Department's special envoy on defeating the Islamic State. (AP File)

Obama official: Defeating Islamic State ‘going to take time’

Zack Colman · May 10, 2015 2:21 pm

The Second Circuit Court of Appeals' Thursday decision that the phone data collection program extends beyond what Congress passed into law handed new ammunition to critics who want to end the program completely. (AP Photo)Â

Court ruling pressures Obama on government spying

Susan Crabtree · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

"You know you've drafted a strong bill when it unites both national security hawks and civil libertarians," said Rep. F. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis. (AP)

Court slaps down NSA spying, Congress should not raise it back up

Washington Examiner · May 8, 2015 9:00 am

National Security

Cotton: Texas attack shows need to renew Patriot Act

Kelly Cohen · May 7, 2015 12:01 pm

Thomas Drake, a former National Security Agency employee who became an early whistleblower about government spying programs, also signed the letter to oppose the USA Freedom Act.

Left, Right unite to fight Patriot Act extension

Susan Crabtree · May 6, 2015 5:03 pm

National Security

Wired: Patriot Act author says NSA is abusing spy law

Washington Examiner · September 5, 2013 4:00 am

Red Alert Politics

‘Red Dawn’ remake panders to political correctness and Chinese censorship

Washington Examiner · December 1, 2012 9:20 pm