Patriot Act Pros And Cons

Following the attacks on September 11th, the Bush Administration enacted the Patriot Act, largely expanding the governments reach in national security. The Department of Justice’s first responsibility is to prevent future terrorist attacks on U.S. soil. Since the attacks on September 11th, the Patriot Act has played a tremendous role in our government, often being the leading role in successful operations to protect innocent civilians from the plans of terrorists. Basically the Congress took laws that were already laws and modified them into the Patriot Act to make them stronger, preserve lives of Americans. The U.S. Patriot Act stands for “Uniting and Strengthen America by Providing Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. (Dr. Cronin, HS Class notes)
Before the September 11th, the government’s main focus was not on terrorism. Since the attacks terrorism has been the main focus of the government. The 9/11 commissions began. The 9/11 commission is an independent involvement commission created by legislation and signed off the ex President George W. Bush in the late 2000s. The Commission is to prepare a full and complete account of the circumstances surrounding the September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, including preparedness for and the
President Bush made a Presidential Directive, which is in other words an executive order. President Bush also sought out the passage of passing the U.S. Patriot Act. The Creation of Homeland Security came alive from the Homeland Security Act of 2002. March 1st, 2003 where it all became official. The Department of Homeland Security had over twenty-two agencies were to become one under this new agency. The creation of DHS was to strictly make their focus on terrorism. The talks of creating such an agency was in the works but never fully committed until the attacks