Critics have a problem with the provision in the law in which it gives intelligence and law enforcement agencies more power to investigate. ... In the eyes of its supporters the act achieves the goal of reforming and updating the way intelligence is gathered, which has been long overdue. ... It does not expand the amount of people or groups of people whom the government can target and obtain information, the targets must be foreign power or an agent of a foreign power. ... The government must have a probable cause, that the person is engaged in or preparing to engage in "international terror...

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., e-mail) • authorizes nationwide execution of court orders for pen registers, trap and trace devices, and access to stored e-mail or communication records • treats stored voice mail like stored e-mail (rather than like telephone conversations) • permits authorities to intercept communications to and from a trespasser within a computer system (with the permission of the system's owner) • adds terrorist and computer crimes to Title III's predicate offense list • reenforces protection for those who help execute Title III, ch. 121, and ch. 206 orders ...

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With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King. ...

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Giving almost unlimited anti-privacy powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies, PATRIOT virtually eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused. ... Section 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be terrorist intelligence activities for a foreign power. ...

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However, thanks to section 218, which allows authorities to obtain foreign intelligence, and section 504, which allows authorities to perform physical searches and electronic surveillance for the purpose of public protection, the "Portland Seven" were arrested. ... Yet another example of the PATRIOT Act stopping the smuggling of money to foreign places is the Alaa Al-Sadawi case. Al-Sadawi was a New Jersey man who had ties to foreign terrorist groups. ... All thanks to Section 319 of the PATRIOT Act, which allows the government to seize illicit funds from a foreign bank. ...

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With this law we have given sweeping new powers to both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies and have eliminated the checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that these powers were not abused. Most of these checks and balances were put into place after previous misuse of surveillance powers by these agencies, including the revelation in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on over 10,000 U.S. citizens, including Martin Luther King Jr. ...

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If you think this law applies only to foreign nationals, it doesn't. ... Most of these powers do little to increase the ability of law enforcement or intelligence to bring terrorists to justice but they do a lot to cancel out the Constitution and morals. ...

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On September 11, 2001 thousands of lives were lost as a result of the terrorist acts, yet millions were distressed by the infamous event. Americans experienced unfamiliar emotions, such as insecurity and fear. The Bush Administration exploited these intense emotions with the creation of the USA Pa...

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According to an article released by proquest the USA Patriot Act "...substantially changed the host of pre existing statutes and legal procedures governing domestic law enforcement, foreign intelligence, immigration and border control, and individual privacy rights" (Proquest par 1). ...

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The policy's scope was not just foreign; it was also domestic. ... Running cohesively with project echelon this new data center claims to be faster, better, and rumored to have capabilities near artificial intelligence that rivals the problem solving capabilities of Watson, a supercomputer created by IBM that competed on Jeopardy. ...

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