US EditionAnna Paulina Luna Proposes Limiting Surveillance Powers Under the Patriot Act
- On May 7, 2025, Republican Representative Anna Paulina Luna of Florida unveiled a bill in Washington, D.C., called the American Privacy Restoration Act, which aims to repeal the Patriot Act.
- The Patriot Act, passed in October 2001 after 9/11, expanded government surveillance powers to prevent terrorism but raised privacy concerns over two decades.
- Luna's bill targets the surveillance tools authorized by the Patriot Act, which critics say have been used for warrantless searches and spying on innocent Americans.
- Luna announced on X that she has put forward the American Privacy Restoration Act, which aims to completely eliminate the Patriot Act and remove extensive surveillance authorities from unethical intelligence officials.
- The legislation aims to restore Fourth Amendment protections and address concerns that expanded surveillance has not improved safety but eroded civil liberties.
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Repealing the Patriot Act — does Rep. Luna’s new bill stand a chance?
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has introduced the “American Privacy Restoration Act,” which aims to fully repeal the Patriot Act and “strip rogue intelligence officers of their extraordinary mass surveillance powers.” “Since the passage of the USA Patriot Act in the aftermath of 9/11, intelligence agency officials have used their mass surveillance tools to settle personal scores, interfere in elections, and spy on untold numbers of innocent Am…
Repealing the Patriot Act — does Rep. Luna's new bill stand a chance?
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna (R-Fla.) has introduced the “American Privacy Restoration Act,” which aims to fully repeal the Patriot Act and “strip rogue intelligence officers of their extraordinary mass surveillance powers.” “Since the passage of the USA Patriot Act in the aftermath of 9/11, intellige...
Patriot Act repeal bill puts controversial law in the crosshairs: 'Let's end the abuse!'
Rep. Anna Paulina Luna, R-Fla., has introduced a one-page bill to repeal the controversial Patriot Act, which was passed on the heels of the horrific Sept. 11, 2001 terror attacks.
Holes in the Constitution - The Ron Paul Institute for Peace & Prosperity
Among the lesser-known holes in the Constitution cut by the Patriot Act of 2001 was the destruction of the “wall” between federal law enforcement and federal spies. The wall was erected in the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, which statutorily limited all federal domestic spying to that which was authorized by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The wall was intended to prevent law enforcement from accessing and using data…
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