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This 5-page paper examines the Patriot Act, and how it might be in direct conflict with civil liberties as guaranteed by the 14th Amendment. Bibliography lists 5 sources.
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nation learned that Osama Bin Laden and Al-Qaeda were behind the attacks, there were calls to "do something" to ensure that a 9/11 never happened again. One of those "do
somethings" involved passage of the "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. Known as the "USA Patriot Act," it was signed into
law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. It was felt that a law such as this would provide tools to law enforcement agencies to prevent another potential
terrorist attack on U.S. soil. The basis of the USA Patriot Act involve enhancing domestic security against terrorism through a counterterrorism fund and
increased funding to the FBI (Ball 51). The Act also calls for broadening the attorney generals authority to request assistance of the secretary of defense and the Department of Defense
in situations involving weapons of mass destruction (Ball 51). Other parts of the Act involve protecting the border, providing for victims of terrorism and removing obstacles to protecting terrorism (Ball
52). But perhaps the most disturbing aspect of the act is in Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures, which allow federal agents to intercept
"wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism..." (Ball 51). Along with this, Title II also allows the seizing of voice mail messages, issuing subpoenas for electronic communications and "the
authority to serve, nationwide, search warrants for electronic surveillance (Ball 51). But isnt this type of thing problematic? The critics who rose up
against the legislation thought so. Groups condemned the law because it sacrificed civil liberties to boost national security (Ball 72). And it wasnt only the ACLU and other "civil liberties"
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