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WATCH: Thomas Massie's Epic Speech on the Patriot Act
Congressman Thomas Massie (R-KY) gave an excellent speech yesterday on the House floor about why the Patriot Act violates the Constitution and our civil liberties. Watch below:
Patriot Act Expires
SPRINGFIELD, Virginia - Today, Campaign for Liberty applauded Senator Rand Paul for forcing three controversial surveillance provisions to expire, rather than allow the NSA to continue spying on millions of innocent Americans without cause and [...]
LIVE BLOG: Patriot Act Showdown!
Welcome! C4L Staff, Norm Singleton, Tim Shoemaker, and Megan Stiles will be live blogging the action in the Senate tonight here. Be sure to hit refresh! Also there is still time to call your Senators and tell them to vote NO: [...]
Campaign for Liberty Joins Coalition Against New Pro-surveillance Bills
Campaign for Liberty has joined a broad coalition of organizations in sending a letter to the Senate opposing the FISA Improvements Act of 2015 and the the FISA Reform Act of 2015. These pieces of legislation are being promoted by surveillance [...]
Fearmongering in the Face of Patriot Act Expiration
The clock is ticking as certain provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire Sunday at midnight. If the Senate doesn't act (something they are usually great at), Section 215 of the Patriot Act will expire. The government has been using [...]
Do Americans support the Surveillance State?
Spoiler Alert: NO Pew Research Center recently released the results of a survey on Americans attitude toward the Surveillance State and the results where quite interesting: Overall, Americans hold nuanced views on the issue: A majority is [...]
RON PAUL: Ex-Im Bank is Welfare for the One Percent
This month Congress will consider whether to renew the charter of the Export-Import Bank (Ex-Im Bank). Ex-Im Bank is a New Deal-era federal program that uses taxpayer funds to subsidize the exports of American businesses. Foreign businesses, [...]
A Sunset is a Beautiful Thing
Jennifer Granick, writing in Forbes magazine, explains why the best thing Congress could do regarding Sec. 215 of the PATRIOT Act, is just let it expire. With the Senate scheduled to began debate on whether or not to extend Sec. 215 and the [...]
Watch Norm Singleton on Ron Paul Liberty Report
Earlier today C4L Vice President of Policy Norm Singleton was on the Ron Paul Liberty Report talking to Dr. Paul about the latest updates on the Patriot Act. Watch below:
Bruce Fein Schools Neocon on Surveillance State
Writing in the Huffington Post, Bruce Fein, former associate deputy attorney general and general counsel of the Federal Communications Commission under President Reagan, corrects the numerous errors made in Andrew McCarthy's defense of the [...]