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    The USA Patriot Act is an anti-terrorism law enacted by the Congress in October 2001 at the request of then-President George W. Bush in response to the terrorist attacks that took place on Sept 11, 2001in New York and Washington,D.C. This was called the Patriot Act and was signed by Bush on Sept 26,2001. I went on the internet and googled Patriot Act for dummies. I watched this video from(CNN). It summed things nicely for me. I then decided to do my research differently. My sister in law Lisa is

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    purpose for the Patriots Act is to prevent future terrorist attacks by allowing the government to obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without any reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity. The Patriots Act has many pros and cons that we must take into consideration in recommending this act be passed. Should we support the Patriot Act or should we oppose it? Advocates of the patriots act have stated in many argumentative statements that the Patriot Act removes obstacles

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    and Obstruct Terrorism Act” (PATRIOT ACT) was signed into the law by former president bush on October 26, 2001. It was sought by the administration and passed by Congress in response to 9/11. It intended to expand the authority of law enforcement officials and intelligence agents to combat terrorism in the united states. The patriot act revised many of the existing United States statutes, including immigration laws, banking laws, and the “Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act” (FISA). Even though the

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    The USA Patriot Act also known as "Uniting and Strengthening America Act by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act” is an official record that was ratified by congress and signed into law by former President George Bush. This law was passed to prevent another event of terrorist attacks such as the ones that took place on September 11, 2001 in New York City and Washington, D.C. In less than two months of the 9/11 attacks, this act was released to inform citizens

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    commit their act of violence. These surveillance tools that are now allowed to be used by the FBI were passed under the USA Patriot Act. Given that the USA Patriot Act now allows the FBI to look through what many

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    the Patriot act. (“Megaessays.com”)The tragic event left Americans freighted of what will happen next. Terriosts attacked the twin towers in New York City leaving the U.S skeptical of why they were being attacked . Yes the U.S is democracy but our founders believed that our liberty was much more important than a government. Today Americans feel as though most of our liberties have been taking away but it is only to protect our country. A few years ago president Bush put in place the patriot act

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    The Patriot Act was passed by congress in 2001. It has helped our president find terrorism in our own homeland. In tragic events we will need this type of act to figure out who the victim is. I think this act should stay because it provides supstantial evidence for our government to solve particular cases, it will monitor terrorist act within our homeland, and it will protect people from predators. First of all, many crimes happen around the United states everyday that the government find it troubling

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    Patriot Act Our nation needs something like the Patriot Act as long as it is being used the way it is intended to be. The pros to this act is that it allows the government to stop and track potential terrorist. Certainly, the government has to have a way in order to monitor certain threats accordingly. Although, with this much power can come a lot of corruption. Allowing the the FBI to spy on any certain individual as they please without sufficient evidence should not be allowed. The abuse of this

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    The enthusiasm of the individual is much higher here then the enthusiasm of the state or country. The Patriot Act keeps on encroaching on common freedoms. In this manner Section 412 is unlawful since it doesn't permit the trial procedure to be just. 7 Section 412 additionally erases the trial totally. As indicated by segment 412 an individual may be held uncertainly

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    While it is impressive that the Patriot Act passed so quickly through congress, it is not all that surprising as in the wake of 9/11 the public was demanding legislative change that would prevent future terrorist attacks. Congress may have also been further motivated to pass legislation that would attempt to help prevent terrorism in the future due to the anthrax attacks in the weeks following the 9/11 attacks, two of which targeted Democratic Senators. It is also not uncommon for Congress to pass

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