“Americans would be alarmed if they knew how this law is being carried out.” That was Oregon Democrat Sen. Ron Wyden on the Senate floor yesterday pushing — unsuccessfully — for Congress to scale back ...

WASHINGTON (AP) — As Congress wrestles over renewing the bulk collection of Americans’ phone records, federal law enforcement officials are warning that legal authority is also at risk for ...

Some portions of the Patriot Act are scheduled to expire at midnight tonight, and Majority Leader Harry Reid told the Senate it’s time for a vote to renew them. But Indiana’s freshman Republican Rand ...

WASHINGTON -- Months overdue in a midterm election year, the USA Patriot Act renewal cleared a final hurdle in the Senate Tuesday on its way to President Bush's desk. But the bill's sponsor said he is ...

WASHINGTON Congress forged ahead Thursday with legislation to extend the USA Patriot Act, the nation's main anti-terrorism tool, as televisions in the Capitol beamed images of a new attack in London.

Oops, he did it again — wait, wrong song. Republican Kansas Sen. Pat Roberts’ cellphone went off during the Senate’s special Sunday evening floor debate on the ...

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. - A federal judge lifted a gag order Friday that shielded the identity of librarians who received an FBI demand for records about library patrons under the Patriot Act. U.S. District ...

The FBI asked the Justice Department last fall to seek permission from a secret federal court to use the most controversial provision of the USA Patriot Act, four weeks after Attorney General John D.

Former deputy attorney general Larry D. Thompson has proposed that a bipartisan commission debate the legal tools that should be employed in combating terrorism. In a speech before a judicial ...