Two arguments that people are most passionate and vocal about are closely related, invasion of privacy and freedom of speech. ... Critics have a problem with the provision in the law in which it gives intelligence and law enforcement agencies more power to investigate. ... Besides violating well-established rights of privacy the law also threatens freedom of speech because people may choose not to read about certain topics on the internet or look at certain books in the fear of being watched by the government. ... ", upon signing the law. ... Nearly a year later more people were protesting tha...

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In other words, if a law enforcement official felt terrorist activity was to potentially occur, he or she was permitted to do whatever possible to gather information about the potential risk. ... Other stipulations, however, unjustifiably violate privacy rights. What's particularly troubling is the vagueness of the new capabilities of law enforcement. ... It's time that we got our privacy rights back and begin to live how our Founding Fathers foresaw us living. ... We are told we have to give up our dignity and privacy for security but how far will this be taken? ...

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Signed into law by President George W. ... People believed that it removed their civil liberties, mainly their right to privacy and protection against unreasonable searches and seizures. ... It has helped law enforcement and intelligence agencies disrupt and prevent terrorist plots. Privacy is a small price to pay when it comes to your life. ... It unites local, state, and federal levels of law enforcement to combat terrorism. ...

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However, some experts warn the vague manner in which this provision has been made could lead to abuse and violation of privacy. ... The second key role was to provide an avenue through which such terrorist would be tried according to international law. ... This information is personal and exposure of such information is a breach to personal privacy. ... The provision of the Act has created clear guidelines acceptable within the law on how to get intelligence and mount surveillance on suspected individuals. While the Act has been criticized for breaching personal privacy, it is fundamental to ...

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Congress has just passed a new law enabling law enforcement agencies to do just that. ... The law establishes a counter-terrorism fund. ... Jessie Choper, a constitutional-law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, states, "In the past, Congress has done much more in respect to privacy than the Constitution requires. ... She argues that the law limits individuals from making legitimate political protest. ... Law enforcement agencies need all the help they can get to tackle a seemingly insurmountable task. ...

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The law also creates new relationships between domestic criminal investigators and agents of foreign intelligence ("USA Patriot"). ... Many writers, both nationally and locally, are currently voicing concern that the Patriot Act could destroy the essential balance between national security and individual privacy rights guaranteed in the U.S. ... In the small north coast city of Arcata, California, resolutions have been passed urging local law enforcement officials to refuse requests made upon them under the Patriot Act, when they believe requests are in violation of an individual's civil...

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Basic democratic rights like privacy and freedom of expression continue to dwindle for the sake of the public's safety. ... The following pages will look closely at the laws passed, the language used and the effect on the daily lives of citizens. ... They create laws that will protect themselves from an uprising while convincing the public that it is for their safety. ... The mores that guide an individual are exactly what are under scrutiny in this law. ... A few examples of the fallibility of this law will be presented later. ...

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The Patriot Act gives law enforcement agencies increased powers enabling them to apprehend terrorist. ... According to an article released by proquest the USA Patriot Act "...substantially changed the host of pre existing statutes and legal procedures governing domestic law enforcement, foreign intelligence, immigration and border control, and individual privacy rights" (Proquest par 1). ... As Jena Baker McNeill stated "Terrorist seek to evade the law, not follow it, and are very creative in their attempts to do so. Law enforcement officials must be able to be dynamic in the fa...

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In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the United States government passed a bill known as the Patriot Act, signing it into law on October 26. ... Violent Islamist extremism refers to the idea of creating a global state that would put into effect the most radical version of Islamic law and the use of violence against non-Muslim military personnel and civilians and Muslim opponents. ... " The U.S. response to the 9/11 attacks began on November 25, 2002, when the Homeland Security Act of 2002 became law and changed how we defend America. ... By using less experienced re...

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Law enforcement officers take courses for this program at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. ... Many people are worried of their privacy, but the LMSI has a 30-day policy and after footage is thr...

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