Accuracy in Media

The GOP presidential candidate from New Jersey said Rand Paul actions made America “weaker.”

Wait, collecting information and creating a list could be abused? Way to go, Rand Paul.

Jake Tapper, who recently withdrew from a Clinton Foundation panel after a brief controversy, was surprised by Obama’s defense of renewing the Patriot Act.

Yup, old-school John McCain versus new-school Rand Paul in the U.S. Senate.

Parts of the controversial Patriot Act will expire and lapse after Rand Paul led the charge against the law. Thing is, the Senate actually advanced legislation regarding renewal, but it won’t be voted on until after several provisions lapsed last night.

Watch his speech from yesterday’s special session here:

The Washington Examiner said: “White House spokesman Josh Earnest on Thursday called on the Senate to quickly pass a House bill to reform and extend domestic surveillance authorities that expire at the end of May, and said failing to do so would put at risk the authorities the government uses to keep Americans safe.”

It wasn’t a filibuster, but an 11-hour stand on why the Senate should let the Patriot Act lapse, or parts of it.

WASHINGTON — Arrogant, much? President Barack Obama, contrary to public opinion, believes that the NSA surveillance techniques do not violate Americans’ privacy rights. Reuters reports that Obama’s chief of staff, Denis McDonough, told Bob Schieffer on CBS’s “Face the Nation” program that the Obama administration does not see the NSA surveillance as an infringement on […]

WASHINGTON — One of the ramifications of the exposure of U.S. government surveillance of American citizens in the U.S. is worrying Asian dissident and opposition groups, who fear that the Americans will share their information with their repressive governments. Reuters reports that many of these groups and parties are supported by the U.S. and are […]