2006-09-11 04:08:08 · 9 answers · asked by o_my_cow2 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Government
Sure. See http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
2006-09-11 04:09:08 · answer #1 · answered by Inquisitor-2006 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
It is the premier tool of the Bush junta to subdue the populace. it give the regime broad powers to invade the privacy of it's citizens and snoop around in areas any government that adheres to democratic standards would never even dare to think of.
It is the first and maybe most important step of the Bush junta to turn the U.S. into a police state. 9/11 was used as an excuse to pull off the "Patriot" act. Strangely enough, only a few days after 9/11 the "Patriot" act was ready and the 1000+ pages were pushed to the lawmakers at night to be voted on in the morning. Of course no one could have read that pamphlet by then. It was a shady act of the Bush junta to slip this by all checks and put it into law.
Once congress had a chance to read it they were of course appalled, but by then it was already law. The second version of the "Patriot" act was cut left and right since congress just couldn't let this happen again.
2006-09-11 04:15:31 · answer #2 · answered by The answer man 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The Patriot Act was studied and passed by the US Congress after the worst attack on US soil in the nation's history.
The Act allows federal officials greater authority (in this time of war) in tracking and intercepting communications, both for purposes of law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering. It gives the Secretary of the Treasury regulatory powers to combat corruption of US financial institutions for foreign money-laundering purposes; it more actively works to close our borders to foreign terrorists and to detain and remove those within our borders; it establishes new crimes, new penalties and new procedural techniques for use against domestic and international terrorists.
The Patriot Act has been shrouded in controversy by some. Proponents of the act believe that it is a necessary evil in the face of new threats to America in the ever-changing international political climate. Civil libertarians see it as an unpatriotic means of limiting civil rights, infringing on free-speech, interfering with freedom of the press and infringing on individual privacy rights.
Ironically, many of the investigative laws that exist in the Patriot Act would still not allow the depth of surveillance used by the British most recently to thwart the August planned attacks without the approval of a special warrant by a specially appointed Judge.
Think critically folks. I didn't even vote for the Prez, but I haven't found it too hard to put together rational thoughts on these subjects.
2006-09-11 04:38:52 · answer #3 · answered by grognd 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The US governments right to spy and collect data without proper warrants. Invasion of privacy meant to protect the citizens against terrorism, but really an infringement on individual rights.
2006-09-11 04:10:04 · answer #4 · answered by kja63 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes. It is an act that was created and passed by Congress in resonpse to perceived gaps in security after the attacks of 9/11.
2006-09-11 04:10:22 · answer #5 · answered by Blunt Honesty 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
it is a way to have you give up your civil liberties and feel like a patriot while doing it.
2006-09-11 04:11:51 · answer #6 · answered by bungee 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Yes...It is the BushCo penned blueprint for their fascist, dictatorial overthrow of the US constitution.
2006-09-11 04:12:11 · answer #7 · answered by mikeygonebad 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
A pain in the **** for U.S. citizens.
2006-09-11 04:15:05 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Incredibly stupid most likely.
2006-09-11 04:10:35 · answer #9 · answered by Ming R J 3 · 1⤊ 0⤋