Therefore, the Patriot Act threatens the basic liberties and freedoms of millions of Americans, and the courts can do little in helping them to keep them.

With seemingly unlimited authority, the federal government can target and spy on any American citizen by using surveillance equipment (Sec. 214 “authority to use wiretap/pen register/trap and trace equipment). Most commonly, the federal government may use wire-tapping devices on a

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