Tag: Surveillance

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

GOP senator: NSA threat to shutter spy program ‘disingenuous’

Sarah Bedford · May 23, 2015 8:47 pm

Rand Paul wounds spy bill, vows to permanently kill

Rand Paul wounds spy bill, vows to permanently kill

Barbara Boland · May 23, 2015 5:23 pm

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell of Ky. walks to a Republican luncheon on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Senate blocks spy law extension

Susan Ferrechio · May 23, 2015 12:58 pm

Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., walks to a luncheon with other Senate Republicans on Capitol Hill in Washington, Friday, May 22, 2015. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

Top GOP senator introduces compromise plan to reform domestic spying program

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2015 7:24 pm

Sen. Rand Paul, a candidate for president, stood on the floor and spoke at length about his opposition to NSA spying. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster, File)

New York Times praises Rand Paul on NSA

Eddie Scarry · May 22, 2015 6:39 pm

In Friday floor remarks, McConnell said the USA Freedom Act does not mandate that the telecom companies hold onto the information the NSA may eventually seek. (Graeme Jennings/Washington Examiner)

McConnell calls for two-month spy law extension

Susan Ferrechio · May 22, 2015 3:28 pm

"I believe our national security will be put at greater risk if the provisions are allowed to expire," John Cornyn wrote in an op-ed for the Dallas Morning News. (AP Photo)Â

Sen. John Cornyn: U.S. security at ‘greater risk’ without Patriot Act provisions

Kelly Cohen · May 20, 2015 3:43 pm

Although Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., opposes theÂ USA Freedom Act, heÂ announced Tuesday he will allow a vote on the measure. (Getty Image)

McConnell bends on NSA

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2015 8:08 pm

Mitch McConnell is planning to huddle with GOP rank-and-file and could make a decision on surveillance reform today, GOP aides told theÂ Washington Examiner. (AP Photo)Â

McConnell under increasing pressure to back NSA reform bill

Susan Ferrechio · May 19, 2015 4:11 pm

"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)

House passes bill curbing NSA bulk data collection

Susan Ferrechio · May 13, 2015 10:06 pm

Former National Security Agency contractor turned whistleblower Edward Snowden speaks during a video conference at an award ceremony for the Carl von Ossietzky journalism prize on December 14, 2014 in Berlin, Germany. (Getty)

NSA spying undermines global efforts to fight terrorism

Charles Hoskinson · May 12, 2015 9:00 am

The 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against the warrantless mass collection of American phone records. (AP Photo)

A key case in the debate over liberty and privacy

Jimmy Soni · May 11, 2015 9:00 am