It discusses the laws involved with wiretapping and how these laws can affect the privacy of the people who are under surveillance. ... However, critics contend that it opens up the door forever more invasions of privacy. ... The privacy issue has been escalating more and more in the past few years. ... Congress even made a statement about privacy back then. ... One huge privacy issue is based in the tracking of cell phones. ...

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Though this bill shreds independence and privacy, it was passed by a huge margin. ... Is Americas privacy at stake? ... So much authority has been given to the feds that existing laws of privacy and surveillance had to be revised. ... Electronic Communications Privacy Act governs government access to stored email and other electronic communications. ... They make decisions on the laws that are established by our legi...

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Many people might think that before the enactment of USPA the law-enforcement authority did not have appropriate tool, if any to combat terror. ... But it did give authorities a narrowly defined process for electronic surveillance to be used as last resort in serious criminal case, but the law enforcement authorities must show a "probable cause" before being granted the warrant. ... (www.fas.org), which congress felt was a hindrance to law enforcement. Below Title III, the next tier of privacy protection covers some of those matters, which the Supreme Court has described as beyond the re...

• Word Count: 4175
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• Grade Level: High School

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...

• Word Count: 2819
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• Grade Level: Undergraduate