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	USA PATRIOT Act - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 98 to 1, and in the House by a vote of 357 to 66.
		The Act mostly incorporates the provisions of the earlier anti-terrorism USA Act (H.R. 2975 and S. The Senate passed the USA Act on October 11, 2001.
		The Sedition Act of 1918 is sometimes compared to the USA PATRIOT Act because of the latter's perceived chilling effect on free speech.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act (6193 words)

	USA PATRIOT Act, Title II - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The USA PATRIOT Act was passed by the United States Congress in 2001 as a response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		Supporters of the Patriot Act claim that these provisions are necessary in fighting the War on Terrorism, while its detractors argue that many of the sections of Title II infringe upon individual and civil rights.
		The main thrust of their argument is that the Act does not provide a system of checks and balances to safeguard civil liberties in the face of significantly increase powers of surveillance and investigative powers for law enforcement agencies in the United States.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act,_Title_II (7983 words)

	USA PATRIOT Act - Free net encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The USA PATRIOT ACT Template:Ref (Public Law 107-56) is short for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" Act of 2001 and is a controversial piece of federal legislation in the United States.
		Passed after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Act was formed in response to the terrorist attacks against the U.S., and dramatically expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement for the stated purpose of fighting terrorist acts in the United States and abroad.
		The Act mostly incorporates the provisions of the earlier anti-terrorism USA Act (H.R. 2975 and S. The House passed the USA Act on October 12, 2001.
	www.netipedia.com /index.php/PATRIOT_Act (4680 words)

	EFF: USA PATRIOT
		The USA PATRIOT Act broadly expands law enforcement's surveillance and investigative powers and represents one of the most significant threats to civil liberties, privacy and democratic traditions in U.S. history.
		The USA PATRIOT Act (officially the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) was quickly developed as anti-terrorism legislation in response to the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		PATRIOT gives sweeping search and surveillance to domestic law enforcement and foreign intelligence agencies and eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused.
	www.eff.org /patriot (961 words)

	EFF: Text of the USA PATRIOT ACT
		Section 103(a) of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (50 U.S.C. 1803(a)) is amended by-- (1) striking ``seven district court judges'' and inserting ``11 district court judges''; and (2) inserting ``of whom no fewer than 3 shall reside within 20 miles of the District of Columbia'' after ``circuits''.
		295]] States acted willfully or intentionally with respect to the violation, the department or agency shall, upon receipt of a true and correct copy of the decision and findings of the court or appropriate department or agency promptly initiate a proceeding to determine whether disciplinary action against the officer or employee is warranted.
		If the head of the department or agency involved determines that disciplinary action is not warranted, he or she shall notify the Inspector General with jurisdiction over the department or agency concerned and shall provide the Inspector General with the reasons for such determination.
	www.eff.org /Censorship/Terrorism_militias/20020925_patriot_act.html (4908 words)

	USA PATRIOT Act, Title I - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Title I: Enhancing Domestic Security against Terrorism is the first of ten titles which comprise the USA PATRIOT Act, an anti-terrorism bill passed in the United States after the September 11, 2001 attacks.
		This fund is to be used to reimburse the Justice Department for costs required to rebuild an office or facility damaged by terrorism, support counterterrorism efforts (including the paying of rewards), and to pay for terrorism threat assessments.
		This section further condemned acts of violence against these people that have occurred since the September 11, 2001 attacks, and stated that the responsibility for the September 11 attack lay solely with the individuals who perpetrated them.
	www.knowledgehunter.info /wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act,_Title_I (659 words)

	Guidance on New Authorities that Relate to Computer Crime and Electronic Evidence Enacted in the USA Patriot Act of ...
		Enacted in the USA Patriot Act of 2001
		Instead, the cable company had to provide prior notice to the customer (even if he or she were the target of the investigation), and the government had to allow the customer to appear in court with an attorney and then justify to the court the investigative need to obtain the records.
		Amendment: Section 220 of the Act amends section 2703(a) of title 18 (and parallel provisions elsewhere in section 2703) to allow investigators to use section 2703(a) warrants to compel records outside of the district in which the court is located, just as they use federal grand jury subpoenas and orders under section 2703(d).
	www.usdoj.gov /criminal/cybercrime/PatriotAct.htm (5185 words)

	USATODAY.com - Poll: Patriot Act support shrinks as more learn intent (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Fewer than half of those polled, 42%, are able to correctly identify the law's main purpose of enhancing surveillance procedures for federal law enforcement agencies, according to the poll conducted by the Center for Survey Research and Analysis at the University of Connecticut.
		The House and Senate have voted to extend provisions of the Patriot Act that were set to expire at the end of this year, making many of those provisions permanent.
		Some provisions of the Patriot Act are supported by a solid majority, while others got far less support.
	www.usatoday.com /news/washington/2005-08-30-patriot-act_x.htm (616 words)

	The Patriot Act compared to The Enabling Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Today, according to John Ashcroft and his Patriot Act of 2001, a patriot is someone who kneels down in fear, and hands over his or her rights to the government in the name of fighting terrorism.
		Most of these abuses are from a single piece of legislation called the Patriot Act of 2001, which was rushed through Congress with no debate in the aftermath of the attacks.
		The first Patriot Act already allows for people to be locked up indefinitely without a lawyer and without being charged with a crime.
	www.furnitureforthepeople.com /actpat.htm (2932 words)

	ALA \| USA PATRIOT Act and Intellectual Freedom
		I strongly oppose proceeding to consideration of S. 2271, which is legislation introduced by some of my friends and colleagues to implement the deal on the Patriot Act that was struck with the White House last week.
		The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression
		USA PATRIOT Act information for libraries was prepared by the ALA Office for Intellectual Freedom and reviewed by legal counsel.
	www.ala.org /ala/oif/ifissues/usapatriotact.htm (540 words)

	USA PATRIOT Act Encyclopedia Article @ NaturalResearch.org (Natural Research) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), commonly known as the USA PATRIOT Act or simply the Patriot Act, is an American law which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001.
		On April 9, 2004 the ACLU filed a lawsuit challenging the national security letter (NSL)[13] provisions of the Electronic Communications Privacy Act, which allows the Director of the FBI (or a designee not below Deputy Assistant Director of the FBI) to obtain customer records from phone and Internet companies in terrorism investigations.
		William Michaels, No Greater Threat: America Since September 11 and the Rise of the National Security State (Algora Publishing, 2002) ISBN 0875861555 -- covers all ten titles of the PATRIOT Act; an updated version, including discussion of amendments and complements to the Act, is just completed but not yet available.
	www.naturalresearch.org /encyclopedia/USA_PATRIOT_Act (6324 words)

	beSpacific: Patriot Act Archives
		USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005: A Legal Analysis (74 pages, PDF): "This report describes the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 (the Act) and, where appropriate, discusses the modifications to law made by the USA PATRIOT Act Additional Reauthorizing Amendments Act of 2006."
		To Amend the USA PATRIOT Act to Extend the Sunset of Certain Provisions of that Act and the Lone Wolf Provision of the Intelligence Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004 to March 31, 2006
		News reports this afternoon on the compromise reached by the House and Senate on Patriot Act reauthorization include the strong caveat that not all Senators are satisfied (see statements as follows, from Leahy and Feingold), and opposition continues (specifically from the so-called gang of six).
	www.bespacific.com /mt/archives/cat_patriot_act.html (8707 words)

	United States Department of Justice
		The Patriot Act is vital to the war on terror and defending our citizens against a ruthless enemy.
		The USA PATRIOT Act, enacted on October 26, 2001, has been critical in preventing another terrorist attack on the United States.
		I support the extension of the Patriot Act for one simple reason: Americans must use every legal and constitutional tool in their arsenal to fight terrorism and protect their lives and liberties.
	www.lifeandliberty.gov (1006 words)

	USA PATRIOT ACT
		The proposal did not represent a careful examination of the failures and deficiencies of the law enforcement and intelligence agencies that led to the attacks.
		In meetings with the House and Senate leadership, Attorney General Ashcroft warned that additional terrorist acts were imminent and that Congress would be to blame if the bill were not passed immediately.
		In January 2003, the Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released a report examining claims of civil liberties and civil rights violations as obligation in Section 1001 of the USA Patriot Act.
	www.cnss.org /patriotact.htm (547 words)

	GovDocs/Maps Hot Topics: USA PATRIOT Act (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		USA PATRIOT Act, intellectual freedom, civil rights and social justice.
		Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT Act) Act of 2001.
		President George W. Bush signs the Patriot Act, Anti-Terrorism Legislation, in the East Room Oct. 26, 2001.
	www.evergreen.edu /library/govdocs/hotopics/usapatriotact/index.html (239 words)

	USA Patriot Act
		Congress passed the USA Patriot Act in response to the events of September 11, 2001.
		The USA Patriot Act creates new crimes, new penalties, and new procedures for use against suspected domestic and international terrorists.
		A draft bill leaked from the Justice Department in February details plans for a sweeping expansion of the USA Patriot Act; it has earned the nickname Patriot Act II.
	www.library.umass.edu /subject/patriotact (612 words)

	USA Patriot Act of 2001 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		Tracy Mitrano, the Policy Advisor for Cornell's Office of Information Technologies, travels to colleges and universities across the country to give her presentation on "The Patriot Act of 2001: Potential Implications for Information Technologies in Colleges and Universities." Contact Dr.
		The Impact of the Patriot Act on Cornell: video, March 9, 2004
		USA Patriot Act: How to be Response Ready by Nicole Rivard, published by University Business, May 2002
	www.cit.cornell.edu /oit/PatriotAct (187 words)

	Crimes Against Humanity: The USA Patriot Act
		Richard Grossman on the USA Patriot Act and the Rule of Law, 12/11/01
		Similar antiterrorism legislation was enacted in the 1996 Antiterrorism Act, which however did little to prevent the events of 9/11, and many provisions had either been declared unconstitutional or were about to be repealed when 9/11 occurred.
		Chillingly, the Attorney General's response to the passage of the USA PATRIOT Act was not a pledge to use his new powers responsibly and guard against their abuse, but instead was a vow to step up his detention efforts.
	www.ratical.org /ratville/CAH/USAPA.html (1291 words)

	American Civil Liberties Union : USA PATRIOT Act
		Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act.
		Some of these flawed provisions are set to expire at the end of the year.
		Executive Director Anthony Romero debunks PATRIOT Act untruths and misconceptions
	www.aclu.org /SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207 (392 words)

	ODLIS: Online Dictionary for Library and Information Science
		Introduced at the height of the post-9-11 anthrax scare when many legislators did not have access to their offices, the bill passed with little debate because the normal process of interagency review and committee hearings was suspended.
		Library issues concerning the USA Patriot Act (PL 107-56) fall into two main categories: (1) civil liberties, especially privacy and confidentiality of patron records, and (2) denial of access to information, such as the removal of information resources from publicly accessible government Web sites and from the Federal Depository Library Program.
		In early December 2005, with 16 provisions of the Patriot Act due to expire under a "sunset clause" at the end of the month, a House-approved compromise bill that would have made 14 of the provisions permanent and extended two others (including Section 215) was blocked by a bipartisan filibuster.
	lu.com /odlis/odlis_u.cfm (7868 words)

	Welcome to USA Patriot Act Where (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-22)
		What is your opinion about the USA Patriot Act of 2001?
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	www.usapatriotact.com (139 words)

	USA PATRIOT Act Information
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		The official title of the USA PATRIOT Act is "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001." To view this law in its entirety, click on the USA PATRIOT Act link below.
		USA PATRIOT Act Section 314(b) permits financial institutions, upon providing notice to the United States Department of the Treasury, to share information with one another in order to identify and report to the federal government activities that may involve money laundering or terrorist activity.
	www.fincen.gov /pa_main.html (127 words)

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