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S. more of a "police state" than ever before. Provisions in the Patriot Act such as Sections 411 and 412 that allow detention and deportation of aliens without court rulings or judicial review mean that immigrants are now living in a general state of fear. They way over-zealous law enforcement officers apply the Act on immigrants remains largely uncovered by the main-stream press. Shocking stories of such abuse, however, filter out sometimes. For example, a vivid eye-witness account of a PATRIOT-authorized police raid on an Indian restaurant appears in the Alternet. (Halperin, 2003).
Current Opinions
President George W. Bush repeatedly declared during his re-election campaign that he would press for making the Patriot Act a permanent law by asking the Congress to do away with its Sunset provisions. He continues to consider this as one of the priorities of his administration in its second term. ("Bush Sees Patriot Act Renewal as Key Goal," 2004) Even more alarming is a much more draconian draft act, dubbed as PATRIOT II, which had leaked to the press last winter. After receiving considerable criticism, the draft Act was not put up in the Congress. However, its proponents (including the Attorney General John Ashcroft, who has on more than one occasion called for the enactment of more strict laws than the current Patriot I) have not given up the hope to get the Act passed during the current Bush term. As for the public opinion on the Patriot Act, it remains sharply divided, largely because the American people are torn between a desire for enhanced...
The Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2004. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=248010
EFF Analysis of the Provisions of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act." (2003). Electronic Frontier Foundation. October 27, 2003. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
Halperin, Jason. (2003). "Patriot Raid." AlterNet. April 29, 2003. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.alternet.org/story/15770/
Lithwick, Dahlia and Turner, Julia. (2003). "A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3." Slate.com. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://slate.msn.com/id/2088161/
Surveillance Under the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act." (2003). ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12263&c=206
The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty." (2003). Department of Justice. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/
PATRIOT is acronym for: "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act"
The law was passed by a vote of 357 to 66 in the House and by 98 to 1 in the Senate
The PATRIOT Act has a built-in mechanism according to which several parts of the Act would expire by the end of 2005
Patriot Act
References
Bush Sees Patriot Act Renewal as Key Goal." (2004). The Associated Press. Nov. 12, 2004. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/wireStory?id=248010
EFF Analysis of the Provisions of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act." (2003). Electronic Frontier Foundation. October 27, 2003. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
Halperin, Jason. (2003). "Patriot Raid." AlterNet. April 29, 2003. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.alternet.org/story/15770/
Lithwick, Dahlia and Turner, Julia. (2003). "A Guide to the Patriot Act, Part 3." Slate.com. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://slate.msn.com/id/2088161/
Surveillance Under the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act." (2003). ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union). Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12263&c=206
The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty." (2003). Department of Justice. Retrieved on December 8, 2004 at http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism is the extended terminology that refers to the U.S.A. Patriot Act which, following the events of 9/11 was passed by the Senate immediately and almost unanimously. When the Pentagon and the World Trade Center were attacked in 2001, concerns over national security and America's susceptibility to terrorist threats emerged more so as the country remained baffled
The effect is that exclusion is not only applied to those who would hurt the government but also to those that would uphold the same. The Patriot Act provides facilitation of shared information as well as cooperation between agencies of the government in order for all the pieces of the puzzle to fit together. The Act moves aside the barriers that have Constitutionally speaking prevented the police, intelligence as well
This change is likely to come about as lawmakers realize how their skirting of Constitutional protections for one area they are in favor of can easily be applied to other areas once the door is opened for working outside the appropriate framework. Bibliography Edgar, T.H., (2003, February 14). Section-by-section analysis of Justice Department draft "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003," also known as "Patriot Act II." ACLU. http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/17203leg20030214.html Lithwick, D. And Turner,
However the disclaimers of USA Patriot Act agree on the necessity of protecting the nation and the world against terrorism, they also emphasize on the need to further analyze and change the act so that it does protect the individual liberties of the U.S. citizens and respects the provisions in the American constitution. 5. Discussion The question that has been asked by many simple individuals relies in the true agenda of the
USA PATRIOT Act: Discussion Questions The USA PATRIOT Act, as the Department of Justice (2014) points out was enacted by Congress with an aim of equipping those charged with the enhancement of law and order with new tools to not only combat but also prevent acts of terror. An acronym, the PATRIOT Act, in the words of Ronczkowski (2006, p. 64), is "formally known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by
These include "books, letters, diaries, library records, medical and psychiatric records, financial information, membership lists of religious institutions, and even -- as Attorney General Ashcroft himself conceded in testimony before Congress -- genetic information" ("ACLU"). A real life example of how an innocent individual's civil rights can be so easily violated was presented by Jason Halperin's account, in his article Patriot Raid. Halperin had gone with his roommate to see