Senate panel endorses expanded FBI subpoena power under Patriot Act News
Senate panel endorses expanded FBI subpoena power under Patriot Act

[JURIST] The US Senate Intelligence Committee [official website] late Tuesday approved revisions to the Patriot Act [text] which would expand the FBI's power to subpoena records [JURIST report] in terrorism investigations without receiving the approval of a judge or grand jury. US Senator Dianne Feinstein [official website] voted against the bill since it contained no amendments preventing the power from being used in criminal investigations as opposed to solely the collection of intelligence. The bill will next be considered before the Senate Judiciary Committee [official website] where Feinstein and other Democrats plan to propose their amendments again. The American Civil Liberties Union has released a statement [press release] condemning the bill and the "behind closed doors" manner in which it was written. AP has more.

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Algerian National Liberation Front announces independence campaign

The pro-Algerian independence National Liberation Front released a proclamation on November 1, 1954 announcing the beginning of its campaign for Algerian independence from France, marking the start of the Algerian War. The war would rage for seven years and claim hundreds of thousands of lives until it was ended by the 1962 Évian Accords. Algeria would win its independence on July 3, 1962. Read the full November 1 declaration.

Rent control established in New York City

On November 1, 1943, the federal Office of Price Administration first established rent control in wartime New York City.