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updated: Sun Jul 06, 2008 04:31 pm

Patriot Act News

News on Patriot Act continually updated from thousands of sources around the net.

7 hrs ago | The Daily Page

Russ Feingold launches FISA push for Independence Day

Wisconsin Democratic Senator Russ Feingold long ago earned a reputation as a leader willing to stake positions apart from those held by the majority of his colleagues, be they popular or not in the polls.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, Christopher Dodd, Life, Holidays, Wisconsin Government, Wisconsin, 4th of July, Herb Kohl, US Senate, Democrat

15 hrs ago | Free Republic

Obama has shifted to the right on (at least) 12 important issues. Here they are.

Obama has shifted to the right on unwarranted wiretapping, Israel, free trade, gun control, the death penalty, faith based programs, welfare reform, the Iraq war, abortion, the Patriot Act, campaign finance, ...

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Related Topix: US News, Death Penalty, Illinois, US Politics, Barack Obama

23 hrs ago | cbs4denver.com

Japanese Americans Worried About Patriot Act

Many of the Japanese Americans who gathered Saturday to remember the internment of 120,000 family members during World War II expressed concern about what they see as an erosion of civil liberties since the ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Military Prisons, Navy Brig, Pearl Harbor, Terrorism

Sat Jul 05, 2008

Daily Kos

AK-Sen: Begich on Protecting Our Rights

While this is a message intended for Alaskans , it makes sense for the entire West, not to mention the country.

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Related Topix: US News

Daily Journal

Taking protest to Washington on July Fourth

Today many Americans are celebrating our freedoms by going on picnics and watching fireworks.

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Related Topix: US News

Fri Jul 04, 2008

Optionetics

Midday Action: July 3

The bulls have taken to the Patriot Act in extra-volatile conditions on mixed catalysts in front of the holiday weekend.

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Related Topix: US News

Rochester IMC

The Odds of Change: A Statistical Look at Our Democrat's Voting Records

We want change. Obama says he will deliver change, as did the Democrats in '06. Yet nothing could be farther from the truth.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Barack Obama, Mathematics, Science, 2008 Presidential Election

Vail Daily News

Petitioning way out of 'tyranny'

June 30, 2008 may be remembered in history as the day Americans began, in earnest, the moral and solemn process of holding their government accountable to the Constitution - under threat of withdrawal of ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, 2008 Presidential Election

Thu Jul 03, 2008

Bay Guardian

Nine years of everything

TECHSPLOITATION I've been writing this column for nine years. I was here with you through the dot-com boom and the crash.

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Related Topix: Science / Technology, Internet, Journalism, US News

Associated Content

Secret Purpose Behind Patriot Act Revealed

Shortly after the overwhelming initial congressional approval of the Patriot Act, many liberal and even some conservative representatives and senators began to have second thoughts about the vast scope of power ...

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Related Topix: US News

Springfield News Leader

Around The Web

Libertarian presidential candidate Bob Barr -- and proverbial skunk at the GOP garden party --made an appearance on Fox News yesterday: 'What's wrong with John McCain is symptomatic of what's wrong with the ...

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Ron Paul, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election

Wed Jul 02, 2008

The Times

Candidates turn their backs

In the latest episode of the race for the White House, it's easy to figure out who is the candi date for the Constitution.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, Illinois, Illinois Government, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

New York Sun

Obama in Independence

Editorial of The New York Sun July 2, 2008 Senator Obama is seeking to don the mantle of President Truman, choosing a visit to Independence, Mo., to talk about the nature of patriotism.

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Related Topix: US News, US Politics, 2008 Presidential Election, Independence, MO, Opinion

Editor & Publisher

Dam Inspection Data Withheld From Press Under Patriot Act

NEW YORK News outlets seeking inspection and safety data on local dams, in light off the recent string of floods in the Midwest, have been stonewalled by government officials who have withheld such data as part ...

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Tue Jul 01, 2008

American Chronicle

Out Bushing Bush Didn t Work for Gore or Kerry, Out McCaining McCain Won t Work For Obama Either

Presumptive Democratic Presidential candidate Barack Obama thinks hes found the right script to beat Republican rival John McCain.

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Related Topix: US Politics, John McCain, US News, Barack Obama, 2008 Presidential Election, Opinion

Los Alamos Monitor

FBI historian discusses Patriot Act evolution

FBI historian discusses Patriot Act evolution By CAROL A. CLARK, Monitor County Editor ALBUQUERQUE - ' As a young boy studying government in school, Stephan Marshall never imagined he would be dealing with the ...

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Related Topix: US News, US Federal Bureau of Investigation

The Huffington Post

Deane Waldman: Shoot HIPAA the Hippo

If you work in healthcare, the initials HIPAA make you gag. If you are not in healthcare, you are probably unaware of this 2000-pound hippopotamus that you are supporting.

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Related Topix: US News, Healthcare Law, Law

Mon Jun 30, 2008

Free Republic

(Sen) Feingold (D, WI) Fights for Privacy Over Surveillance Legislation

Sen. Russ Feingold knows he's eventually going to lose the fight against wiretapping legislation he says does little to protect Americans' privacy rights.

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Related Topix: US Politics, US News, Christopher Dodd, Privacy, George Bush, Russell Feingold, US Senate, Democrat

Sat Jun 28, 2008

Cbs5.com

SF Appeals Court: Van Slogans No Terrorist Threat

A federal appeals court in San Francisco has ruled that Grass Valley police violated the free-speech rights of a Nevada County man when they forced him to paint over a satirical terrorist bomber slogan on his ...

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Related Topix: Nevada County, CA, US News, Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, Nevada City, CA

Simply Left Behind

Gee, Here's A Surprise

Wednesday, June 25, 2008 Gee, Here's A Surprise! Political patronage in the Justice Department ? Whoda thunk?: WASHINGTON - Scores of highly credentialed young lawyers and law students were denied interviews ...

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Related Topix: Samuel Alito, US News, US Politics, Arlen Specter, US Senate, Republican

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