U.S. Government Loses Terrorism Fighting Tools As Patriot Act Provisions Expire

By Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com The U.S. government has fewer tools to fight terrorism after key provisions of the Patriot Act expired late Sunday despite a last-minute push by some Senators. CNN reports that the expiration ends the NSA’s controversial bulk data collection program. The NSA had been collecting phone metadata on millions of Americans. Law enforcement…

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Column: The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Urges Congress to Reauthorize USA Patriot Act

Ellen Glasser President of The Society of Former Special Agents of the FBI Today, the Society of Former Special Agents of the Federal Bureau of Investigation is urging Senate leaders to pass legislation that will reauthorize the expiring provisions of the USA PATRIOT (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and…

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Human Rights Groups to Meet With Snowden at Moscow Airport Where He Will Break His Silence

Steve Neavling ticklethewire.com NSA leaker Edward J. Snowden plans to break his silence after spending nearly three weeks in legal limbo at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport, The New York Times reports. Airport officials said Snowden plans to meet with international human rights groups Friday. The rights workers will be escorted through security and into the transit…

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