response to those attacks‚ and as a way to re-instill a sense of security to the nation‚ American legislators worked to pass the USA Patriot Act of 2001. The Patriot Act appropriately made changes to other U.S. laws to combat terrorism‚ however it also established measures that may potentially hinder the rights of those it was designed to protect‚ sparking controversy regarding privacy and governmental power over the lives of private citizens. The United States has always been regarded as the freest
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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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own soil. So‚ congress passed a law known as the U.S.A Patriot Act. U.S A Patriot is a 10 letter acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This allowed the N.S.A (national security agency) to gain information of individual citizens or groups of individuals by using library records‚ phone calls and other surveillance. Recently‚ on January 1st of 2015 the Patriot Act has expired. Many members of government are stuck in
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The Patriot Act and the Homeland Security Act of the 21st Century Monique Watson CRJ422: Criminal Justice Capstone (BLM1408A) Instructor: Professor Tim Benford March 10‚ 2014 The tragedy of September 11 revealed vulnerability to violence by non-state actors within U.S. borders. This was something we never thought would happen again after Pearl Harbor‚ to be attacked on our own land. These terrorist lived among us‚ while plotting to destroy us‚ it lend the question
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Watching You The Patriot Act and The Department of Homeland Security both correspond with George Orwell’s 1984. Even though The Patriot Act and The Department of Homeland Security were both created after the year 1984‚ there are quite a few similarities between them and the book. George Orwell’s 1984 is connected to The Patriot Act because both governments operate in a similar fashion and The Department of Homeland Security because they both have a way of monitoring people. The USA Patriot Act was signed
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The BSA‚ or Bank 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
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by passing new legislation and amending existing legislation. The U.S. Senate quickly passed the USA PATRIOT ACT‚ which mean Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. The USA PATRIOT ACT was a new tool to fight terrorism head on. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26‚ 2011. The USA PATRIOT ACT bill gives the court authorize to issue the search order for any United States citizen who law enforcement
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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 States
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Let’s look at a few cons of the Patriot Act. "Under the Patriot Act‚ law enforcement officials may have broad access to any record — academic‚ library‚ financial and medical — without probable cause of a crime. The Patriot Act prohibits the holder of such information‚ like university librarians‚ from disclosing that they have produced such records‚ under the threat of imprisonment. A University of Illinois survey of U.S. public libraries found that at least 545 libraries have been asked
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Britt Garrison Business Law Week 2 People charged with violations of the Patriot Act that involve internet users have had their Fourth Amendment rights violated by secret searches which is the government’s ability to search private property without notice to the owner and by trap and trace searches which collects addressing information about the origin and destination of communications not just the content. By the government using the secret searches they are able to find information that
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