Another benefit was that it allowed for law enforcement and intelligence personnel to share information more effectively. ... It has helped law enforcement and intelligence agencies disrupt and prevent terrorist plots. ... The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) Amendments Act of 2008 was another way congress took legal action against terrorism. ... It does this by requiring a court order to monitor any American citizen for foreign intelligence surveillance, no matter where they are. ... After 9/11 U.S presence in foreign countries became more known. ...

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In the immediate aftermath of the Benghazi attacks on the US Embassy in Cairo, the US Intelligence authorities declared that a group of protestors spontaneously reacted against a short film posted on YouTube that degraded the Prophet Mohammad. ... After reviewing the attack for two weeks, the US Intelligence Agency is concluding that they now believe the September 11 attack on US diplomatic facilities was not random (Hosenball). "We revised our initial assessment to reflect new information indicating that it was a deliberate and organized terrorist attack carried out by extremists," said S...

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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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The mission of the FBI is to uphold the law through the investigation of violations of federal criminal law, to protect the United States from foreign intelligence and terrorist activities, to provide leadership and law enforcement assistance to federal, state, local, and international agencies, and to perform these responsibilities in a manner that is responsive to the needs of the public and is faithful to the Constitution of the United States. ... The offices and divisions at FBI Headquarters provide program direction and support to 56 field offices, approximately 400 satellite offices kno...

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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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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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It was only after the World Trade Centre attack in 1993 that they realized the magnitude of foreign terrorism (Copeland, 2007). ... There was a systemic setback to intelligence gathering and sharing among government agencies. ... Resources allocated for defence and intelligence budgets were in fact reduced over time instead of being increased (Winkler, 2005).It was observed that American administrators did not adapt new and modern security changes after the Cold War; resources were not allocated accordingly to counter terror attacks. ... On travel and financing of terrorist activities, the co...

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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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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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