It is often said that the road to hell is paved with good intentions. In the aftermath of the devastating Sept. 11 attacks on New York and Washington, the roadwork has been going into overtime.

The Patriot Act was passed six weeks after September 11, in such haste that some provisions were subject to 'sunset.' That means they'll expire at the end of this year unless Congress restores them.

Nearly a dozen years after the passage of the Patriot Act, rushed through Congress in an atmosphere of fear and intimidation, informed debate over the balance between liberty and security is long ...

Why did 26 House Republicans vote to block reauthorization of the Patriot Act? The Bush-era law, which gives the government broad surveillance powers, has been hated by the lefties and libertarians ...

WASHINGTON (AP) -- The House voted Thursday to extend the USA Patriot Act, the nation's main anti-terrorism tool, just hours after televisions in the Capitol beamed images of a new attack in London.

Amid continued concerns about civil-liberties safeguards, the House votes for a five-week extension of the Patriot Act — shorter than the six months approved by the Senate. Now the measure goes back ...

Get any of our free daily email newsletters — news headlines, opinion, e-edition, obituaries and more. The second anniversary of the passage of the Patriot Act is coming Oct. 26, and that's the date ...

NEW YORK -- Four Connecticut librarians who were gagged by the FBI spoke publicly for the first time today at an American Civil Liberties Union news conference about their months-long battle against ...

2003-09-25 04:00:00 PDT Washington-- Several Bay Area Democrats moved Wednesday to repeal some provisions of the USA Patriot Act, which Congress passed overwhelmingly soon after the Sept. 11, 2001, ...