Patrick Leahy

Events (45)

• October 8-12, 1991: Conservative Supporters Defend Thomas, Smear Hill 1991-10-08
• Just Before September 11, 2001: CIA, FBI Lack Counterterrorism Resources, and Focus 2001-09-11
• 10:15 a.m. September 11, 2001: Supreme Court Is Evacuated 2001-09-11
• October 2-4, 2001: Senators Daschle and Leahy Raise Concerns about Newly Introduced Patriot Act 2001-10-02
• October 4, 2001 and Shortly Afterwards: First Case of Anthrax Reported in the Media, Causing National Panic 2001-10-04
• October 6-9, 2001: Second Wave of Anthrax Attacks Targets Senators Daschle and Leahy 2001-10-06
• October 24, 2001: House and Senate Pass Patriot Act Without Reading It 2001-10-24
• November 9, 2001: Ashcroft to Put Justice Department on ‘Wartime Footing’ 2001-11-09
• October 5-November 21, 2001: Anthrax Letters Kill Five, Heighten Terrorist Attack Fears 2001-11-21
• Afternoon March 7, 2002: After Being Rebuffed by Own Superiors, FBI Whistleblower Sends Letters to Senators and FBI Internal Investigation Departments 2002-03-07
• June 13, 2002: Members of Congress Ask Ashcroft About Patriot Act, Are Rebuffed 2002-06-13
• February 25, 2003: Senate Report Finds FBI, Justice Department Misuse FISA 2003-02-25
• After June 2, 2003-December 2003: FBI Superiors Vow to Fire Wright 2003-06-02
• May 19, 2004: Previously Public Information about FBI Whistleblower Is Now Classified 2004-05-19
• June 30, 2004: Several Senators Demand Attorney General Ashcroft Explain Al-Marabh’s Deportation Decision 2004-06-30
• September 29-30, 2005: Conservative Radio Host Lambasted for Suggesting that Aborting Black Children Would Lower US Crime Rate 2005-09-29
• March 9, 2006: Bush Signs Patriot Act Reauthorization Into Law, Ignores Key Provisions 2006-03-09
• July 12, 2006: Bush Administration Agrees to Follow Geneva Conventions with All Al-Qaeda Suspects in US Custody 2006-07-12
• September 19, 2006: Defense Authorization Act Gives Bush Enhanced Ability to Declare Martial Law, Suspend Posse Comitatus 2006-09-19
• October 17, 2006: Military Commission Act Becomes Law; Authorizes Torture, Restricts Fundamental Legal Rights 2006-10-17
• January 17, 2007: Gonzales Says Right of Habeas Corpus not Protected by Constitution 2007-01-17
• April 7-10, 2007: Critics Say Corruption Prosecution Politically Motivated 2007-04-07
• July 24, 2007: Gonzales Contradicts Comey’s Testimony about Pressuring Ashcroft to Reauthorize NSA Wiretapping Program 2007-07-24
• July 25, 2007: Documents Show Gonzales May Have Perjured Himself Before Congress 2007-07-25
• July 26, 2007: Senate Democrats Call for Perjury Investigation of Gonzales 2007-07-26
• August 16, 2007: Mueller Contradicts Gonzales’s Senate Testimony 2007-08-16
• August 20, 2007: Cheney Argues that Vice President Not Part of Executive Office of President 2007-08-20
• December 14, 2007: Justice Department Refuses to Answer Congressional Questions about CIA Tape Destruction 2007-12-14
• December 7, 2008: Retired Army General Named as Veterans Affairs Chief; Widely Seen as Repudiation of Bush Policies towards Military 2008-12-07
• March 2, 2009: Justice Department Releases Bush-Era Memos Claiming Extraconstitutional Powers for President 2009-03-02
• March 4, 2009: Former Reagan Official: Bush Administration’s Actions during ‘War on Terror’ ‘Exemplary’ 2009-03-04
• April 16, 2009: Obama White House Releases Key CIA Torture Memos 2009-04-16
• April 21, 2009: Senate Intelligence Committee Report Shows Cheney, Rice Authorized Torture 2009-04-21
• April 25, 2009: Torture Memo Author Said to Regret Role in Torture Policies 2009-04-25
• August 6, 2009: Sotomayor Confirmed as Supreme Court Justice; Will Be Sworn In 2009-08-06
• August 24, 2009: Response to Announcement of Preliminary Torture Probe Mixed 2009-08-24
• September 9-10, 2009: Republican Apologizes for Shouting at President during Joint Congressional Address, Uses Outburst to Raise Campaign Money 2009-09-09
• December 15, 2011: Congress Passes Bill Authorizing Indefinite Military Detention of US Citizens 2011-12-15
• December 15, 2011: Fourteen Senators Introduce Bill to Restrict Indefinite Detention of Americans 2011-12-15
• February-June 2002: Professor’s Theories Help Drive FBI’s Interest in Anthrax Attacks Suspect Hatfill
• July 2004: Report on FBI’s 9/11 Failures Is Completed, But Remains Unreleased Until After Presidential Election
• July 2008: Conservative Radio Host Limbaugh Uses ‘Insider Language,’ Naming and Ridicule Strategies to Marginalize Political Opponents
• September, 29, 2006: Senator Asks: ‘Why Did They Allow Attacks to Happen?’ ‘Why Didn’t They Get Bin Laden?’
• Mid-September 2002: US and Australian Intelligence Learn Indonesian Military Likely behind False Flag Attack on US Teachers; No Action or Warnings Result
• February 2001 and Beyond: Three US Telecom Firms Cooperate With NSA Surveillance Program; Qwest Refuses