Will Council Take a Stand on PATRIOT Act?

Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman's pro-civil-liberties resolution stalls on the dais

"...Tem Jackie Goodman believed her resolution against the USA PATRIOT Act would pass with little resistance or hesitation from..."

Aug. 15, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

The Hightower Report: Repeal the Patriot Act

Unlimited power invites abuse

"...It's back. The Patriot Act – a grotesque, ever-mutating, hydra-headed monstrosity from the..."

July 26, 2013 News Column by Jim Hightower

PATRIOT Act Dangerous to Our Rights

"...thank Michael Ventura for sounding an alarm about the PATRIOT Act ["Letters @ 3am," Jan. 23]. It is time..."

Feb. 2, 2004 Postmarks

Supports Council Resolution Against PATRIOT Act

"...meeting last night, to discuss the resolution against the PATRIOT Act. Like many others, it was my first City..."

Sept. 26, 2003 Postmarks

Repeal PATRIOT Act

"...restrict them, as we did when we passed the PATRIOT Act, we are not only hurting ourselves but tarnishing..."

Nov. 3, 2003 Postmarks

Council Gets Un-PATRIOT-ic

The City Council considers making Austin the first Texas city to condemn the USA PATRIOT Act.

"...in Texas to pass a resolution condemning the USA PATRIOT Act. Sponsored by Mayor Pro Tem Jackie Goodman and..."

Aug. 8, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Patriot Games

"...committed in the name of country, the politics in Patriot Games are relatively bloodless. In this second big-screen adaptation..."

June 12, 1992 Movie Review by Steve Davis

Song Premiere: Selena Rosanbalm Debuts Solo On “Patriot”

Rosie & the Ramblers lead gets political

"...“Patriot” plays out as a different kind of song for..."

Aug. 4, 2020 Music Post by Doug Freeman

Death and the Unpatriotic Act

Among amendments tacked onto newest version of the PATRIOT Act is a section allowing U.S. Attorney General Alberto Gonzales to grant legal fast-track for death-penalty appeals in states that have enacted standards for attorney appointments to indigent death row inmates

"...signing into law the newest version of the USA PATRIOT Act on March 9, President George W. Bush has..."

March 24, 2006 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Letters at 3AM: The Patriot Edward Snowden

Edward Snowden is the American equivalent of the man who stood in front of that tank in Tiananmen Square

"...Disclosures by the patriot Edward Snowden will have at least one penetrating and..."

June 28, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Turkey Day Drama, a Red Hot Patriot, and Scares for the Season in Our Recommended Events

I scream, you scream, we all scream for the weekend!

"...the Wemblys. Filtered through a sportscast sieve, every excited action by the forced-together fam gets commented on by the..."

Oct. 11, 2024 Arts Feature by James Scott

Page Two: Balancing Act

Several tiny steps in search of a dance to winter – and a dance toward launching into reverie

"...words that have to be earned by one's conduct, character, and practices over very long periods of time. Self-anointing..."

Jan. 30, 2009 Column by Louis Black

Thinks ACT Awards a Joke

"...are not recognized ... nada ... nothing ... zip. Patriot producers like Alex Jones and Mike Hansen whose lives..."

June 28, 2004 Postmarks

Brave New Web

In the wake of Sept. 11 and the hard-line USA Act, the Internet has become a very unfriendly place for hackers.

"...to credit card thieves with organized-crime connections. They're a fractious community -- usually male and in their late teens..."

Dec. 14, 2001 Screens Feature by Michael Connor

Eagle Eye

Too bad it's autumn: With its frenetic car chases; near-erotic fascination with explosions, gadgets, and guns; and disposable storyline, Eagle Eye is the very definition of a summer blockbuster.

"...understand and narrowly escaping the gaping maw of the post-PATRIOT Act American justice system with the help of a..."

Sept. 26, 2008 Movie Review by Josh Rosenblatt

The Last Mimzy

Solid performances elevate this mild but hardly magical children's sci-fi story.

"...updated to include references to homeland security and the PATRIOT Act and various New Age-y beliefs. Nevertheless, the plot..."

March 23, 2007 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

America: Freedom to Fascism

Although grounded in Libertarian theory, this documentary by producer-turned-director Aaron Russo presents provocative material about the perceived illegality of income taxes – and various freedom-restricting consequences of the new world order.

"...the film segues into the evils of the USA PATRIOT Act, electronic voting machines, national ID cards, and the..."

July 28, 2006 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Naked City

Your financial records are now fair game for the feds.

"...While the so-called Patriot Act II -- a wish list of sweeping powers..."

Jan. 9, 2004 News Feature by Jordan Smith

Naked City

A local coalition urges the city to take a stand against the PATRIOT Act.

"...Building Thursday afternoon. "They" were lawyers, clergy, veterans, and activists who staged a press conference seeking an Austin City..."

July 11, 2003 News Feature by Lauri Apple

Naked City

The anti-terror act used to bust Northwest dope-trade ring

"...charged 15 people with "bulk-cash smuggling" under the USA PATRIOT Act for moving more than $3 million to Canada..."

Aug. 13, 2004 News Feature

Naked City

PATRIOT II: Be Very Afraid

"...made public a draft of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003, written by the Dept. of Justice as..."

Feb. 14, 2003 News Feature by Jordan Smith

The 'T' Word

Politicians and media dance around what to call the plane crash

"...assault." Police Chief Art Acevedo called it a criminal act. The media response (collated by Charles Apple at his..."

Feb. 19, 2010 News Post by Richard Whittaker

Letters at 3AM

Attorney General John Ashcroft is stuffing our Bill of Rights into the shredder

"...In October 2001, shortly after 9/11, the USA PATRIOT Act passed the House by a vote of 356..."

Jan. 23, 2004 Column by Michael Ventura

War Drums: Rumblings on the Home Front

As an Iraq war becomes inevitable, local responses range from the stupid to the sublime.

"...Does the USA PATRIOT Act facilitate FBI monitoring of public library patron records?..."

March 21, 2003 News Feature

The Hightower Report

Wrecking the Airline Industry; and Rewriting Some PATRIOT Act Stupidity

"...competed to win your business – and customers were actually treated as people who were valued...."

June 27, 2008 News Column by Jim Hightower

Letters at 3AM: Things Like That

Under Obama, we have been subjected to a Patriot Act on steroids

"...one question to Obama about his expansion of the Patriot Act. Not one question to Mitt Romney as to..."

Nov. 2, 2012 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

"...seats in the state's northern corners (see "Wheat, Chaff Intact in Sheriff's Race"), and Travis Co.'s three House Dems..."

Jan. 30, 2004 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

Letters at 3AM: Just Since April

Secret surveillance efforts fly in the face of our Constitution

"...to affect a conviction or sentence. ... But, in fact, this principle ... has been severely weakened by a..."

Aug. 23, 2013 Column by Michael Ventura

Naked City

Headlines and happenings from Austin and beyond

"...over Wal-Mart (see No Deals (Yet> at Wal-Mart), the PATRIOT Act (see below), green power, minority contracting, Town Lake..."

Sept. 26, 2003 News Feature by Mike Clark-Madison

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Our readers talk back.

"...Louis Black's comments in "Page Two" [Feb. 14] characterize those of us who support a 100% smoke-free ordinance..."

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