The USA Patriot Act of 2001 is legislation that was sponsored by President Bush and his administration following September 11th. It is to allow increased responsibilities for the criminal justice system and other agencies. “The USA Patriot Act has ten sections or titles outlining new powers for government operations.” (White 2014 p. 393) “Title II‚ designed to improve surveillance. Grands authority to federal law enforcement agencies to intercept communications about terrorism‚ allows searches
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Pro Patriot Act There are many advantages for expanding governmental surveillance and investigative powers. For instance‚ there’s the possibility of gaining invaluable information for future attacks‚ and also the potential for targeting terrorists who may be responsible for such attacks. According to the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)‚ “The FBI does not have to demonstrate probable cause‚ only declare it has “reasonable grounds” to suspect that library records may be relevant to an investigation
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on Terrorism and Patriot Act are two important acts regarding terrorism. What is the War on Terrorism and Patriot act you may ask? Well the Patriot act was made so that the United States could hold someone in custody if they are connected or could piently be connected to terrorist groups. Now we have the War on Terrorism act. This act was made so that in the case of a terrorist attack they can stop it with military action. Even though they both have their pros they also have cons. Terrorism is horrible
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Secrecy Act is comprised of six parts; The Patriot Act‚ MITR‚ CTR‚ MIP‚ SAR‚ and OFAC. The use of all of these in tandem makes it easy to catch fraud‚ money laundering‚ Terrorist funding‚ Criminal organizations and more. The six parts each play their parts in this‚ with some being smaller and less complicated but no less important. The USA PATRIOT act is a big one‚ and very broad. However this was on purpose so that way it can encompass all types of transactions with very few loopholes. The USA PATRIOT
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Laila Dahdal Jus 104 08/28/2014 David Hayes Patriot Act “The Patriot Act (the full name is the USA Patriot Act‚ or Uniting and Strengthening America Act by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" (Bush2001) was put in place by the U.S. Congress in response to September 11. The Patriot Act was put into action on October 26‚ 2001‚ at the request of President George Bush. The Justice Department now has abilities in terms of domestic as well
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Well the USA Patriot Act was signed into law during the Bush administration. That’s George W. Bush Sr. that I’m talking about. According to the author of A Gift of Fire‚ Sara Baase‚ the USA Patriot Act “(passed after the terrorist attacks in 2001) eased government access to many kinds of personal information‚ including library and financial records‚ without a court order.” An internet search will tell you that the USA Patriot Act is “An Act: To deter and punish terrorist acts in the United
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USA Patriot Act Paper Nikki Peeler AJS/552 January 28‚ 2013 Shon Kuta USA Patriot Act Abstract September 11‚ 2001 America was changed forever. The United Stated felt the effects of terrorism and realized just how vulnerable we are as a nation. Having experienced such a horrific event forced our government to look at things more closely which brought about the USA Patriot Act. This allowed federal agents the ability to detain non-citizens while also monitoring such devices as email and
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The PATRIOT Act Michael J Parrish AJS 552 May 20‚ 2013 The PATRIOT Act After the events of September 11‚ 2001 the US Congress had little resistance and passed legislation known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act). This act along with many other regulations allowed the federal government to become more involved in personal affairs for the security of
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Will You Stand Up The words patriotism and patriot are commonly invoked in the United States‚ especially in times of crisis‚ but do we truly understand what patriotism is and what it means to be a patriot? Patriotism has been described as an emotional attachment to country and the ideals that it stands for. Here in the United States those ideals include freedom‚ liberty and the equality of all people; and they are ideals worth fighting for. Patriots are people who support and love their country
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The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26‚ 2001 by President George Bush. USA Patriot Act is actually an acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. Since it has passed‚ it has been one of the leading roles in preventing many terrorist attacks that are planned to hurt innocent civilians. Its goals were to strengthen the power of law-enforcement agencies and the domestic securities. Not only was it extremely controversial
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