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    numbers (USA Patriot Act). This was the most significant and controversial provision because it allowed the government to surveil Americans without obtaining a search warrant, infringing on people’s constitutional rights. According to the editors of Gale Encyclopedia of Law, Title III of the Patriot Act was the “International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001” (“UNITING AND STRENGTHENING…”). This title prohibited money laundering, which is the concealment of the

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    I know about the Patriot Act. I believe my rights have been imposed upon by the FBI, but I also believe they are trying to protect the Amercian citizens. The Patriot Act, which is an act of Congress, was signed into law by President George W. Bush this law was intended to halt terrorism and preserve life and liberty. This act was passed after the 9/11 incident. As with any bills or laws passed there are some glitches. Many Americans citizens and critics argue that the patriot act was passed before

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    The USA PATRIOT Act is an Act of Congress that was signed into law by President of the United States of the confederacy George W. Bush on October 26, 2001(history.com).Republican president Donald Trump just released his plan on how to make Mexico pay for his proposed wall along the border. Trump explained he would use the Patriot Act to make it an actuality. The Donald laid out a s plan to force America's ally to the south to finance the Great Wall of Trump. His suggestion to use a "proposed rule"

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    Congress enacted the USA Patriot Act under President George W. Bush very quickly after the 9/11 attacks. It was signed into law by the President on October 26, 2001. The stated purpose of the USA Patriot Act was to prevent and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to improve law enforcement investigatory tools. Legal experts have suggested that the USA Patriot Act weakens elements of several of the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution. This includes the First Amendment

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    Case Study: The USA PATRIOT Act One of the most controversial policies to pass legislation within the United States congress with the approval of our president at the time, George W. Bush, was the USA PATRIOT Act. The USA PATRIOT Act is actually a acronym for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. This Act reduced the restrictions, which now allowed the law the power to search various electronic communications records

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    allow the government nearly unrestricted surveillance of citizens’ sensitive personal information. Statistically speaking, the Patriot Act has been completely ineffective. Between the year 2003 and 2006 there were almost 200,000 FBI requests made to obtain personal information yielding only one single terror-related conviction that would have occurred without the Patriot Act. Moreover, of the almost 4,000 “Sneak & Peak” searches made in 2010, less than one percent were terror-related [9]. Statistically

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    Congress enacted the USA Patriot Act under President George W. Bush very quickly after the 9/11 attacks. It was signed into law by the President on October 26, 2001. The purpose of the USA Patriot Act was to prevent and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world and to improve law enforcement investigatory tools. Legal experts have suggested that it weakens elements of several of the Bill of Rights to the US Constitution. This includes freedom of speech, freedom from unreasonable

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    There are many contradicting views of the patriot act. Although some of the policies that come with this act could be considered unconstitutional, this act allows us to help gather intelligence for legal and terrorist crimes. There are many positives and negatives of this act and here is why. First, are the positives of having the patriot act. Terrorism is still a really big problem, by having the patriot act we can keep a closer eye on terrorist groups. This can help us gain info on threats and

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    The most controversial title of the Patriot Act is Title II. This title is intended to help law enforcement enhance their surveillance capabilities to capture terrorists. It allows “...for the seizure of voice mail messages under a warrant, authorized intelligence agencies and federal law enforcement agencies to share noncriminal information, it permitted pen registers and trap and trace orders of electronic communication such as e-mail, and it encouraged cooperation between law enforcement and foreign

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    Congress passed the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance of Act of 1978 (FISA), with aims of curving the foreign intelligence abuses that occurred under the Nixon and Johnson administrations. This also established the Foreign Intelligence Court (FISC) to review applications for surveillance, search orders, and the like. In 2001, after the September 11th attacks, Congress amended FISA in what is now called the Patriot Act. The petitioner’s in the case, American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), claimed

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