(2001)(enacted) Lithwick‚ D.‚ & Turner‚ J scared of the PATRIOT Act?‚ Slate. Retrieved June 26‚ 2004 from http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/ Locy‚ T. (2004‚ February). Special report: PATRIOT Act blurred in the public mind Pike‚ G. (2004‚ June). A SAFEr USA PATRIOT Act? Information Today v21‚ 17 America ’s Intelligence Wire. Retrieved July 12‚ 2004 from http://80-web4.infotrac.galegroup.com.library3.webster.edu
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eager to put laws on the books to prevent another attack. In an unprecedented spirit of bipartisan patriotism‚ a law was passed in the House by 357 to 66 (Clerk of the House) and in the Senate by 98 to 1 (Secretary of the Senate). The title of the act‚ USA PATRIOT Act‚ is an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Since its historic passage there has been much debate on the constitutionality of the act. Some would claim
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References: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA Patriot Act) Act of 2001. Retrieved Aug 14‚ 2009 from: www.eff.org/censorship.terrorism.militias Despite Democrats Opposition‚ House Reauthorizes Patriot Act. Retrieved August 14‚ 2008 from: http://proquest.umi.com. www.Aclu.org http://www.homelandsecurity
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At 8:45am‚ on September 11th‚ 2001 America ’s heart was torn by a hijacked plane crashing through the north tower of the World Trade Center. Eighteen minutes later‚ a shocked country received a second blow as a second plane tore through the south tower. An estimated 2‚819 lives were lost that day. The attack seemed to have come out of nowhere. As a country‚ we were not properly prepared to defend ourselves. America needs to devote as much money and as many resources as possible to combating terrorism
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Mary Thompson U07a1 The USA PATRIOT Act and Controversy February 24‚ 2013 Some of the key components of the USA Patriot Act are warrants without evidence‚ this gives the government agency the ability to look through people’s personal life without serving them warrant to search. Government agencies also use the legal action of distributing all evidence and facts gathered through searches‚ and they now have the authorization to use wiretaps on all forms of communications that have vital information
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were lost. Since that tragic September day‚ the nation’s undergone a dramatic degenerating alteration where civil liberties continue to disappear from citizens. Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks‚ with virtually no debate‚ Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act on October 26th‚ 2001. This act expanded the surveillance powers of domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies. The controversy soon followed‚ claiming both full and partial violations of the Constitution and endangerments
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to support the US government with strong patriotism. After 911‚ even American flags were sold out. The media used to like to criticize the government‚ but due to 911‚ their attitude was the same as the government. In fact‚ the biggest threat for USA is not its enemy‚ but itself. Ordinary citizens oppose the wars. This was especially true for the Vietnamese War. Because of the 911 attack‚ Americans were in strong favor of the invasion of Iraq on 2003 (4). This was the typical result of 911 moral
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The USA PATRIOT Act stands for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism." This act was enacted 45 days after more than 3‚000 American lives were lost at the state of the 9/11 terrorist attacks. The intended purpose of the act is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world‚ to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools‚ and for other purposes. There are four primary initiatives of the act in improving
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American government surveillance is the monitoring of a person or group‚ more often a suspect or criminal‚ by the American government or American security agencies. Government surveillance has always been a part of our society‚ but has increased drastically due to the uprise in terrorist attacks and public violence. Due to government surveillance and U.S. database intruders‚ innocent American citizens are being deprived of their privacy. Therefore‚ mass surveillance should be limited and not exceed
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The PATRIOT Act: Right or Wrong. On September 11th of 2001 the United States was attacked. Many people died and through that drama the United States was unified with a singular goal of stopping terrorism. While many people were willing to sacrifice a few freedoms for the greater good‚ others were asking where is the line between the government fighting terrorism and abusing a situation to expand its dominion over the public. The United States government passed a bill called the PATRIOT Act to
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