The Patriot Act: Agree or Disagree Amanda Collier ENG/215 August 27, 2012 Bruce Massis The Patriot Act: Agree or Disagree President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act. The title of the Act is a letter acronym: Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (PUBLIC LAW 107–56—OCT. 26, 2001) This Act was written to prevent and punish terrorist acts here in the United States as well
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secure. Why should we have anyone looking at we have to say in private over messages and phone calls. Here are three reasons why the patriot act is not such a good idea. It invades privacy,cyber acttacks, and it violates our rights. So now we will begin why this is a bad idea for the government to be allowed to have and listen to our private information. First, this act allows the government to look at anything you have to say online, in chat rooms, texts, personal documents. On the internet you should
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legislation, known as the USA PATRIOT ACT, to tackle internal and external threats to this nation. Because this new legislation was passed into law with extreme haste, it was controversial immediately. Even though this legislation was passed
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United States of America controls the more secure it would be, yet others dispute and say it's too overwhelming and over controlling.In September 11, 2001 terrorists struck and people in America accted upon the threat and soon The USA Patriot Act was established.This act emerged and became prominent with the ideal of protecting and safeguarding its nation even if it costed its peoples privacy.Not enough with takeing such measures they took many innocent people into the Guatanamo Bay Prison where they
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USA Patriot Act also known as the (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001) was a law signed by President at the time George W. Bush. The basis of this act was rushed into Congress after the September 11th attacks on the World Trade Centers in New York City. In 2011 President Obama renewed the Patriot Act while granting a four year extension on four main parts of the USA Patriot Act. The basis of the Patriot Act is to
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USA Patriot Act is an acronym for the official title, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” On October 26, 2001 George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, an act passed in response to the September 11th attack of the Pentagon and World Trade Center. USA Patriot Act bears ten sections and/or titles. The purpose of the USA Patriot Act is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world. The act enhanced
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Information Technology and The US Patriot Act On Wednesday October 1, 2003 financial Institutions throughout the United States were required to implement structures in support of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (US Patriot Act), 2001. It was critical for a bank to initiate information technology that monitored and flagged accounts, transactions, and suspicious persons without sacrificing the security and safety
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The USA PATRIOT Act, or the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, is a basically an anti-terrorism law that was rather hastily passed as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It primarily aims at deterring and punishing acts of terrorism committed in the United States and elsewhere (USA PATRIOT Act, n.d.). However, while it appears to have noble aims of safeguarding American lives and property, the act needs
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The Patriot Act Vs The United States Constitution Khadija Nurul Hasan Chaffey College The Patriot Act Vs The United States Constitution The “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act, or Patriot Act was passed on October 24th, 2001 with almost all legislators in favor of it. The terrorist attacks on the Pentagon and the World Trade Center on September 11, 2001, sparked a nationwide desire for heightened security
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Carta in 1215 to the more current event of Operation Neptune Spear. Although many documents and plans have been beneficial to the well being of Americans, The Patriot Act and NSC-68 have been the most influential in American culture. They fundamentally have shaped the way we think, act and carry out government ideas. Even though the Patriot Act and NSC-68 involve two separate incidents, they still talk about some of the same issues. In the NSC-68 document, it highlights key differences between the
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