The law also creates new relationships between domestic criminal investigators and agents of foreign intelligence ("USA Patriot"). ... For instance, Title 215 allows the government "access to records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" (Talanian). ... It states that "roving wiretaps" are now authorized to the government by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Talanian). ... Last year, Attorney General of the United States John Ashcroft asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to grant 1,228 surveillance and search warrants, a thirty-one percent i...

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The dilemma arises when U.S. citizens are treated as enemy combatants not on a foreign battlefield but on American soil. ... Padilla is an invaluable intelligence source. ... Lowell Jacoby, director of the Defense Intelligence Agency, said that "successful interrogation required a continuing atmosphere of dependency and trust between the subject and interrogator. ...

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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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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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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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National Security Agency (NSA) and its international partners global surveillance of foreign nationals and U.S citizens. ... At least 15,000 Australian intelligence files, have been stolen (Stewart & Paul, 2013). ...

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The right to have an equal vote had been an important issue for many women for a long time. It was just a dream during the late 18th Century. This essay will look into the people and events that contributed and brought about the changes that made this dream come true for the British women. The suffr...

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Since the inception of the United States, and the founding fathers signed documents that all "men" were created equal, the United States has been able to advertise of the "Land of Opportunity". In this paper, I will show that since the early 1900s and elite few placed in key positions in the United States have been able to focus the attention of the majority of the population in a direction that was acceptable for the government. Some examples are overt and discreet while others will be factual and to the point. I will also show specific examples of how United States elected officials were ab...

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In an article on Wikipedia, the author described the mission as "The proposals called for the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or other US government operatives to commit acts of terrorism against American civilians and military targets, blaming it on the Cuban government, and using it to justify a war against Cuba.... Citizens would rather look to a foreign enemy to fight against. ...

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