Under Ashcroft's direction Congress has passed several pieces of legislation, namely the USA Patriot Act, which amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ... The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act also widens the use of wiretaps by law enforcement officials. ... Under FISA, a secret court in Washington authorizes intelligence on suspected foreign agents. ... This resulted in much of the intelligence gathered being impossible for prosecutors to reach. ...

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By giving foreign terrorists the right to be tried in the American court system, provides them the same robust constitutional rights as a US citizen and public enemies of the state have never been afforded the protections of the Bill of Rights (Dehn 1). ... Foreign terrorists should be tried in a consistent manner and not haphazardly flip-flopped between military tribunals and US civilian courts. ... The information exposed during the court proceedings divulged US intelligence on terrorist organizations and compromised the security interests of the US. ... The Classified Information Procedure ...

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After he passed away, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference helped for Congress to come up with the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act. ... The Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Dianne Feinstein called drones "the greatest threat to the privacy of Americans". ...

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Serving as a chief justice for 34 years, and presiding over 1000 cases, John Marshall was known for his intelligence, his courage in time of war, and his fairness in regard to Constitutional law. ... Madison, Section 13 of the Judiciary Act is contrary to Article III of the Constitution, wh states tha the Supreme Court is only allowed power over such issues when dealing with an ambassador or foreign minister. ... Ogden in 1824, allowed Congress control over foreign and interstate commerce. ...

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" However, since the combatants of Al Qaeda weren't troops of a foreign government, and the members of the Taliban "allegedly failed to wear distinctive insignia and abide by the laws of war" (CITATION 10), these prisoners were never labeled as prisoners of war - if they were, they could have been afforded certain habeas corpus rights by the Geneva Convention - instead they were labeled as enemy combatants, deprived of many Geneva protections and habeas corpus rights. ... On Oct. 19, 2001, Lakhdar Boumediene was met at his office in Bosnia - 2,700 miles from the conflict i...

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