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The societal impacts we have experienced in our country as a result of terrorism and the resulting warfare are many and diverse. ...
federal government to investigate suspected terrorists quickly and without going through time-consuming bureaucratic channels. Th...
vital to national security (Pike 1). The 9/11 Commission even pinpointed several failure of communication that occurred within th...
whim of the FBI or CIA. The ACLU points out, for example, that Section 215 of the Act allows the FBI to...
and the rights of privacy prevented a more proactive actions being taken to find these threats. This is a core element of the argu...
allow law officers to gather information" quickly when there is a known "imminent threat to life or limb" (Sanchez, 2004, p. 12). ...
"wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism..." (Ball 51). Along with this, Title II also allows the seizing ...
guilty. By using the Patriot act they were able to obtain information that could be shared in order to piece together what was g...
the "things" searched go beyond the business records as the Department of Justice notes, and means that it can search "any tangibl...
claim that the new rule violates the constitutional right to counsel (2002). Indeed, the act does change things and suggesting th...
laws and by increasing terms of punishment" (p.134). The legal response had been driven by the public fear about attacks in the fu...
U.S. governments ability to examine terrorism financing and money laundering as well as allowing the government to closely examine...
This paper discusses the Holocaust, The Third Reich, and the concept of history repeating itself if people do not stay vigilant. ...
knowledge or consent of the targeted individual". (Robinson, 2003). Wire taps on our phones, monitoring...
property") and the prohibition of any branch of the U.S. government to conduct unlawful search and seizure investigations against ...
Supporters of the bill claim that it provides more powers to government to try to flush out suspected terrorists and suspected ter...
Investigative Technologies Division, the Laboratory Division, the Records Management Division, the Security Division, and the Trai...
geared to protect the homeland, something that Americans were desperately searching for at the time. But is it safe to ass...
really doing anything about it. Certainly, Sales notes, information sharing means intelligence members can do a better job of conn...
Within 3 pages, the U.S.A. Patriot Act is analyzed for the reassurance it is supposed to provide to the American people and the su...
to run it (America at war, 2004). At this point, Bush makes his "if youre not with us, youre against us" speech ("America at War")...
tapped to run it (America at war, 2004). At this point, Bush makes his "if youre not with us, youre against us" speech ("America a...
charges of intentional discrimination.4 Furthermore, the 1991 Act broadened the language of the 1866 Civil Rights Act and extended...
it limited the amount of damages a jury could award to an individual (Wikipedia, 2006). It is interesting to note that...
under surveillance for perceived terrorist activities, which includes the use of weapons (a right guaranteed citizens in the Const...
overseas where our troops are battling terrorists each and every day. This legislation will go a long way towards strengthening o...
for Democracy and Technology (CDT), the problem is that "its very sweeping and it can apply not just to suspected terrorists but p...
where he specializes in the relationship between information technology and national security (Carnegie Endowment for Internationa...
Thomas Jefferson this should be a task of the federal judiciary, James Madison also agreed that a system that utilised independent...
was the Great Depression and other conditions at the time that mandated the creation of social and economic programs. One has to r...