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Supporters of the bill claim that it provides more powers to government to try to flush out suspected terrorists and suspected ter...
under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...
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. ...
federal government to investigate suspected terrorists quickly and without going through time-consuming bureaucratic channels. Th...
Within 3 pages, the U.S.A. Patriot Act is analyzed for the reassurance it is supposed to provide to the American people and the su...
really doing anything about it. Certainly, Sales notes, information sharing means intelligence members can do a better job of conn...
Investigative Technologies Division, the Laboratory Division, the Records Management Division, the Security Division, and the Trai...
claim that the new rule violates the constitutional right to counsel (2002). Indeed, the act does change things and suggesting th...
where he specializes in the relationship between information technology and national security (Carnegie Endowment for Internationa...
geared to protect the homeland, something that Americans were desperately searching for at the time. But is it safe to ass...
essential step in defeating terrorism while protecting the constitutional rights of all Americans" (Olsen, 2001). However, many b...
"wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism..." (Ball 51). Along with this, Title II also allows the seizing ...
bill was pushed through so quickly that many were taken unaware before they could examine and act on it. "It is a large and compl...
tax. Patriot II is slated to replace the Patriot Act, but it is not yet fully refined and defined in its scope (Drake, 2003). Li...
allow law officers to gather information" quickly when there is a known "imminent threat to life or limb" (Sanchez, 2004, p. 12). ...
guilty. By using the Patriot act they were able to obtain information that could be shared in order to piece together what was g...
vital to national security (Pike 1). The 9/11 Commission even pinpointed several failure of communication that occurred within th...
U.S. governments ability to examine terrorism financing and money laundering as well as allowing the government to closely examine...
laws and by increasing terms of punishment" (p.134). The legal response had been driven by the public fear about attacks in the fu...
whim of the FBI or CIA. The ACLU points out, for example, that Section 215 of the Act allows the FBI to...
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...
to criminal issues were not sufficient to address computer fraud. To an extent, wire and mail fraud issues were addressed in the p...
provision. The objections that required this were due to the impact that the powers would have in terms of freedom and libraries. ...
knowledge or consent of the targeted individual". (Robinson, 2003). Wire taps on our phones, monitoring...
them to the most rigid scrutiny. Pressing public necessity may sometimes justify the existence of such restrictions; racial antago...
ironically, this law that is supposed to uphold what America stands for actually chips away at guaranteed rights for all citizens....