A progress report released today by a federal commission reiterates earlier warnings on the dangers inherent in Congress’s crazy-quilt overs

Both parties in the U.S. Senate voted today to preserve the status quo in leadership, keeping Harry Reid and Mitch McConnell at the helm. As

WASHINGTON, February 12, 2003 — A few days ago, the Center for Public Integrity obtained a copy of draft legislation that the Bush Administr

WASHINGTON, January 31, 2006 — A Justice Department memo written in 2003 may call into question the legal rationale the Bush administration

WASHINGTON, February 7, 2003 — The Bush Administration is preparing a bold, comprehensive sequel to the USA Patriot Act passed in the wake o

LONDON, December 22, 2000 — In early November, the United States came within a pen stroke of dramatically curtailing the news medias freedom

WASHINGTON, September 17, 2003 — A month before the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 and all of the increased government secrecy that

After the Patriot Act, FBI increased requests of personal information, including phone calls, emails, and financial transactions

Inability to keep up with modern communications creates "boondoggle" at NSA

The Bush administration draws criticism for seeming to seek expansion of presidential powers