2006-10-25 09:02:26 · 12 answers · asked by ddelga2005 1 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
If you have access to Y!A then you obviously have internet access, through which you can research the PA and decide for yourself. Don't be a sheep for either end of the ideological spectrum--read it and decide for yourself.
2006-10-25 09:07:00 · answer #1 · answered by Trollbuster 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Your kidding, right? You really don't know what the Patriot Act is?
See these sites.
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Public Law 107-56), is known as USA PATRIOT Act or simply the 'Patriot Act', is an American act which was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The Act passed in the Senate by a vote of 98 to 1, and in the House by a vote of 357 to 66. Although the bill enjoyed widespread Congressional and Presidential support it is a very controversial federal legislation.
2006-10-25 16:08:59 · answer #2 · answered by Answergirl 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Just 45 days after the September 11 attacks, with virtually no debate, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act. There are significant flaws in the Patriot Act, flaws that threaten your fundamental freedoms by giving the government the power to access to your medical records, tax records, information about the books you buy or borrow without probable cause, and the power to break into your home and conduct secret searches without telling you for weeks, months, or indefinitely... I'm sort of opposed to it.
2006-10-25 16:10:05 · answer #3 · answered by djmantx 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The USA Patriot Act was passed 6 weeks after 9/11. It was created to control terrorism. It allows the justice department to act against terror suspects and terrorist groups. With this act, the FBI can get a list of books you checkout from your school's library or books you order from online.
As far as should you support it or not, that's entirely up to you.
2006-10-25 16:06:49 · answer #4 · answered by kc13_28 1 · 1⤊ 1⤋
I wouldn't trust any government to have information and keep it private. Look at how the laptops get stolen out of the Pentagon, because a worker took one home. Poof, there went the names and social security numbers of millions of men and women. Identity theft could have caused billions of dollars of loss in the wrong hands. That it was a couple of teens who stole it was just dumb luck. Any idiot who watches TV knows they are listening in to phone calls, so why do anything they could understand?
Its a smoke and mirrors deal so we think they are doing something, but its not true. If they need to, they can get a warrant for a tap four days after they put a tap on a phone, so why say that they if they need to tap a phone immediately they can do so without a warrant. Only one reason, they don't want you to know who they are listening in to. Maybe the opposition party? Maybe for blackmail? Its too secretive for our should-be-open society.
2006-10-25 16:18:24 · answer #5 · answered by justa 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Patriot act is a legislation that was passed by congress who did not even read the bill before passing it that basically gives the govt the right to search you, spy on you, it takes away "probable cause"and basically screw you with out having to tell you why. One man I think it was in Ohio sat in jail for 4 months before they finally told him why. No you should not support a legislation that strips you of your rights all in the name of security.
"That they can give up essential liberty to obtain little temporary security deserve neither liberty nor security"
----Ben Franklin.
"The means of defense against foreign danger have historically have become the instruments of tyranny at home"
----Jame Madison
2006-10-25 16:08:09 · answer #6 · answered by Kamunyak 5 · 2⤊ 1⤋
It was the federal government's over reaction to 9/11 that gave law enforcement the authority to violate every American's constitutional rights, at will, which was passed in a moment of irrational fear and ignorance. We should not support it.
2006-10-25 16:07:11 · answer #7 · answered by jim 6 · 2⤊ 1⤋
I support it you can get a copy of under the freedom of information act read it then decide
2006-10-25 16:05:02 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 1⤋
Passed after 9/11. Expands the ability of security agencies to investigate & prevent terror attacks. I suport it. I have this strange desire to live.
2006-10-25 16:06:32 · answer #9 · answered by yupchagee 7 · 3⤊ 1⤋
Among other things, it allows various branches of intellegence agencies to communicate with eachother to better track terrorist activity.
2006-10-25 16:05:09 · answer #10 · answered by sethle99 5 · 1⤊ 1⤋