Essays 241 - 270
whim of the FBI or CIA. The ACLU points out, for example, that Section 215 of the Act allows the FBI to...
"wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism..." (Ball 51). Along with this, Title II also allows the seizing ...
allow law officers to gather information" quickly when there is a known "imminent threat to life or limb" (Sanchez, 2004, p. 12). ...
was turned over to North Carolinas attorney general (Seattle Times, 2007). The Duke rape made national headlines and could ...
to run it (America at war, 2004). At this point, Bush makes his "if youre not with us, youre against us" speech ("America at War")...
tapped to run it (America at war, 2004). At this point, Bush makes his "if youre not with us, youre against us" speech ("America a...
was the Great Depression and other conditions at the time that mandated the creation of social and economic programs. One has to r...
laws and by increasing terms of punishment" (p.134). The legal response had been driven by the public fear about attacks in the fu...
Due process has had a definitive impact on the delineation and definition of the rights of American citizens. Interestingly, howe...
knowledge or consent of the targeted individual". (Robinson, 2003). Wire taps on our phones, monitoring...
ironically, this law that is supposed to uphold what America stands for actually chips away at guaranteed rights for all citizens....
liberties that are guaranteed to Americans in the Constitution are not lost in the process of addressing this problem. Commentator...
claim that the new rule violates the constitutional right to counsel (2002). Indeed, the act does change things and suggesting th...
the "things" searched go beyond the business records as the Department of Justice notes, and means that it can search "any tangibl...
but rather gives the reader the big picture in respect to what was occurring on either side and how the people felt about what was...
would be that such a thing would never happen in the US without great public outcry, but that was before passage of the Patriot Ac...
under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...
provision. The objections that required this were due to the impact that the powers would have in terms of freedom and libraries. ...
Investigative Technologies Division, the Laboratory Division, the Records Management Division, the Security Division, and the Trai...
Homeland Security. In relationship to the Patriot Act there is a great deal of controversy for many people feel it is a clear in...
them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...
scholarship addressing the character of Pearl have seen her as the "sin-child, the unholy result" of an adulterous love and a symb...
overseas where our troops are battling terrorists each and every day. This legislation will go a long way towards strengthening o...
for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the problem is that "its very sweeping and it can apply not just to suspected terrorists but p...
The societal impacts we have experienced in our country as a result of terrorism and the resulting warfare are many and diverse. ...
operators, or the market is dominated by only a few operators, even if they are operating under subsidiary companies giving a domi...
the market. This sums up the strategy of a company which wishes to be a leader rather than a second mover in...
against Americans on their own soil. The extent to which the Act serves to intercept terrorist activity, protect national freedom...
The Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 ENR, is one of the most controversial laws ever imposed on Americans. Passed by the House...
where he specializes in the relationship between information technology and national security (Carnegie Endowment for Internationa...