US Court curbs FBI power in Patriot Act
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Federal judge Victor Marrero who presides US District Court in New York City struct down Wednesday a key part of the US Patriot Act which granted to the FBI surveillance powers to demand company records from businesses without court approval as
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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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A senior Justice Department official says laws and other limits enacted since three terrorism suspects were waterboarded has eliminated the technique from what is now legally allowed
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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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The Supreme Court on Tuesday turned down a legal challenge to the warrantless domestic spying program President George W. Bush created after the September 11 attacks.
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NEW YORK - The Justice Department will likely appeal a court ruling that declared unconstitutional a Patriot Act provision allowing secret and unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone records, Attorney General John Ashcroft said Thursday.    In a blow to the Justice Department's post-Sept...
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Problems 'serious and must be addressed immediately' The FBI repeatedly broke the law by secretly accessing information about US citizens under a law passed to curb terrorism, according to the Justice Department's Office of Inspector General in a report that prompted a sharp rebuke from legislators and civil libertarians.â¦
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NEW YORK Sept. 30, 2004 - The Justice Department will likely appeal a court ruling that declared unconstitutional a Patriot Act provision allowing secret and unchallengeable searches of Internet and telephone
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SCHEVENINGEN, Netherlands  - U.S. Attorney General  John Ashcroft said on Thursday the Bush administration is  likely to appeal a U.S. District Court ruling that part of the  Patriot Act was unconstitutional.
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The U.S. government can continue to eavesdrop on Americans' overseas phone calls and e-mails until its appeal of a judge's ruling outlawing the surveillance is decided, the U.S. Court of Appeals ruled on Wednesday.
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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 a key part of the USA Patriot Act on Thursday in a ruling that defended the need for judicial oversight of laws and bashed Congress for passing a law that makes possible "far-reaching invasions of liberty."
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A divided federal appeals court today dismissed a case challenging a National Security Agency wiretap program, reversing a trial judgeâs order that the program be shut down.
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The Supreme Court has rejected a challenge to the Bush administration's domestic spying program.
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A provision of the controversial Patriot Act which allowed the FBI to clandestinely demand information from ISPs has been ruled unconstitutional.
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A federal judge in New York ruled Wednesday that a key component of the USA Patriot Act is unconstitutional because it allows the FBI to demand information from Internet service providers
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US District Judge Victor Marrero ruled Wednesday that the section of the US Patriot Act allowing authorities to demand financial records from companies in terrorism investigations is unconstitutional.