Portion of Patriot Act struck down
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A federal judge ruled yesterday that a portion of the Patriot Act is unconstitutional, the first time one of the anti-terrorism law&#39;s police surveillance provisions has been struck down.
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A key part of the Patriot Act, a  central plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was  ruled unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday, in the  latest blow to U.S. security policies.
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A federal judge on Wednesday found  unconstitutional a part of the United States' anti-terror  Patriot Act that allows the FBI to demand customer records from  businesses without court approval.
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A bill that privacy experts have called one of the worst before the current Congress has passed a House committee vote. The Electronic Modernization Surveillance Act cleared the House Judiciary Committee by a 20-16 vote.
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One section of the Patriot Act was ruled unconstitutional yesterday by a federal judge. The section, 505, gave the FBI power to demand information from companies without a court order and bars recipients of
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WASHINGTON-The Bush administration is expected to appeal a federal judge&#39;s decision striking down a Patriot Act provision empowering law enforcement to force telecom carriers and Internet service providers-including wireless operators-to turn over
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A federal court has ruled part of the USA Patriot Act unconstitutional, saying the FBI can't compel ISPs to turn over user records without notifying those users unless it has a court order or a grand jury subpoena.
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'Patriot' Act booster has done his bit
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Part of the Patriot Act, a central  plank of the Bush Administration's war on terror, was ruled  unconstitutional by a federal judge on Wednesday.
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A federal judge today struck down parts of the new U.S.A. Patriot Act that authorized the F.B.I. to acquire corporate records using informal secret demands called national security letters.
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A federal court Friday struck down as unconstitutional a path-breaking Pennsylvania law designed to prevent Internet users from seeing Web sites that contain child pornography.
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The Judiciary Committee sought to slow down the effort to pass legislation on the treatment of terror suspects.
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A federal judge in Oregon ruled yesterday that two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional, marking the second time in as many weeks that the anti-terrorism law has come under attack in the courts.
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NEW YORK -- A federal judge struck down parts of the revised USA Patriot Act on Thursday, saying investigators must have a court's approval before they can order Internet providers to turn over records without telling customers.
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The I-SPY Act antispyware bill passed by the House of Representatives earlier this week may not fare as well with the Senate, which shot down two earlier versions of the bill.
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Investigators must have a court's approval before they can order internet providers to turn over records without telling customers, according to U.S. District Judge Victor Marrero. The recently rewritten Patriot Act "offends the fundamental constitutional principles of checks and balances and separation of powers," the judge rules.
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A federal judge struck down controversial portions of the USA Patriot Act in a ruling that declared them unconstitutional yesterday, ordering the FBI to stop its wide use of a warrantless tactic for obtaining e-mail and telephone data from private companies for counterterrorism investigations.