Patriot Act Made 'Permanent'

Freedom of Speech
The House of Representatives, ignoring protests from citizen rights groups, renewed the USA Patriot Act Thursday night, to make permanent the government's unprecedented powers to investigate suspected citizens, allowing federal agents to use roving wiretaps and to search library and medical records.

• House Votes to extend Patriot Act indefinitely
• Patriot Act's Policy for Nonprofit Organizations
• Government-Run Surveillance Cameras on Rise
• Court OKs Warrantless Search of Garbage Cans
• The Second Amendment Is Already Dead
• Tommy Thompson to be implanted with RFID chip

Posted by Editor at July 22, 2005 07:44 AM