Patriot Act: For Protection or an Invasion of Privacy? The Patriot Act is a 342 page law that was written and passed, by a 98-1 vote in the U.S. Senate, and then signed into law within seven weeks of September 11th. ... On October 26, 2001, President Bush signed the USA Patriot Act (USAPA) into law. ... That may be one of the most vital aspects in the law. ...
President Bush signed it into law on October 26, 2001, after it received little congressional review or debate. Giving almost unlimited anti-privacy powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies, PATRIOT virtually eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused. ... The 4th Amendment defends an individual's rights to privacy against unlawful tactics such as those in the Patriot Act. ... Pertaining to surveillance and an individual's right to privacy, Section 312 gives immunity to law ...
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...
President Bush signed it into law on October 26, 2001, after it received little congressional review or debate. Giving almost unlimited anti-privacy powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies, PATRIOT virtually eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused. ... The 4th Amendment defends an individual's rights to privacy against unlawful tactics such as those in the Patriot Act. ... Pertaining to surveillance and an individual's right to privacy, Section 312 gives immunity to law ...
With new issues including one's right to protect their DNA, America is only getting closer to martial law. ... Secondly, the new PATRIOT Act took away a company's right to privacy. ... This is the enacting law to allow ECHELON and the Total Information Awareness Network to break down any and all walls of privacy. ... Next, the privacy of every American citizen has been taken away. ... Privacy will never be the same. ...
Right To Privacy In today's society cameras appear in all kinds of places such as ATM's, department stores, and streetlights. ... Total face recognition is the next step in the privacy issue. ... Our open records and freedom of information laws will also need to me amended to take into account governmentally organized CCTV campaigns. ... The majority of the public may never be willing to give up privacy, but increasing threat of terrorism within the U.S. has caused a need for protection. ... Yet, who will ultimately decide how much privacy can be sacrificed for protectio...
The need for such a proactive law is obvious because in this democratic government the people affect policy. The public opinion is clearly seen when the Senate passed this law 98-1 and the House had a clear majority with a 357-66 vote. The investment in government in a time of crisis is fundamental in understanding how a democratic government can pass a law that grants such discretion and infringes on the rights of its citizens (right to privacy). ... The biggest concern for those who oppose this law is that the government has discretion. ... It is important to understand that this law w...
" Also, Congress acted without any careful or systematic effort to determine whether weaknesses in the surveillance laws had contributed to the attacks, or whether the changes they were making would help prevent further attacks. The government was so afraid of September 11 that they administered laws that violated the rights of humans to prevent this again. ... The September 11 attacks created major controversy, which allowed human privacy to be breached. In other words, when introduced to fear, there will be precautions and new laws that could endanger our basic human rights....
Overall, personal freedom should make more sense to people as our privacy is being invaded every step the people take. ... The government is going beyond the law in order to "protect" the people from terrorists when all along they are just stalking their own people. ...
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...
