USA PATRIOT Act
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Jesse Ventura searches for coverups...was an inside job. Why would the government want to do such things? Well, what changed after 9/11? We're in two wars, passage of Patriot Act and all that. Our entire society changed that day. We've become paranoid. We think there's a... In this article: Jesse Ventura, Trutv, Mexico, Minnesota, Patriot Act, Msnbc, Pentagon, Darpa, and Alaska |
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Huffington Post | 2 days ago
Obama Pushes Lobbyists Off Federal Advisory Boards
...to - + seaurchin I'm a Fan of seaurchin I'm a fan of this user 6 fans permalink Well a great place to start would be to undo the Patriot act and to close Guanatanomo, gee i wonder what seems to be the hold up, maybe because Obama is...
In this article: White House, Wall Street, Patriot act, International Paper, and Harley-Davidson
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St. Petersburg Times | 2 days ago
Brown-Waite's last hurrah?
...district, especially in the renewable-energy industry. As a lawyer, Doolan has what he calls a pet issue. Many or even most parts of the Patriot Act, passed after Sept. 11 when terrorism fears were at a peak, need to be repealed, he...
In this article: Ginny Brown-Waite, Daniel Smith, John Russell, Tax, GOP, and Karen Thurman
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Huffington Post | 3 days ago
Mark Dorlester: Coalition Launches National Campaign: President Obama, Get FISA Right!
...a national open letter to the President and companion petition asking for presidential action to press Congress to revise the Patriot Act and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). Anguish in the group grew palpably as the...
In this article: Barack Obama, The Patriot Act, FBI, Justice Department, and Bill of Rights Defense Committee
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Who Runs Gov | 3 days ago
Departments/Justice/AG/DAG/AAG/OLP
...being debated, the OLP works with Congress to make sure everyone understands the department's position. For example, when the USA PATRIOT Act was up for reauthorization in 2005, the OLP sent a letter to the necessary congressional committee...
In this article: DOJ, Office of Legal Policy, and Washington Post Company
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Seeking Alpha | 4 days ago
Face It: The FDIC Is Broke
...reports of boxes being raided and sold off (especially by B of A) and gov't agencies are surfacing all over. One report says that the Patriot Act specifically makes it illegal to store "items of wealth" in a safe deposit box (making them subjct...
In this article: FDIC, Social Security, Patriot Act, Bank of America, and AIG
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Washington Times | 5 days ago
Security compromised
...than terrorist acts, the Justice Department is denying investigators tools available to law enforcement under the counterterrorism Patriot Act. This refusal goes beyond political correctness. It reflects more than an understandable...
In this article: United States, Eric H. Holder Jr., Detainee, The Washington Times, First Amendment, Center for Security Policy, Patriot Act, and Frank J. Gaffney Jr.
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The Columbus Dispatch | 5 days ago
Census forms private, bureau chief reiterates
Tuesday, November 24, 2009 3:16 AM The director of the U.S. Census repeated his argument yesterday that the Patriot Act doesn't give law-enforcement officials the power to look at how people fill out their census forms. But Census...
In this article: John Glenn, Justice Department, Patriot Act, Ohio State University, Ohio, Department of Commerce, and Mexico
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New York Times | 6 days ago
The Sunday Word, Nov. 22
...will spend the weeks between the two holiday recess cramming on other issues facing January deadlines. Provisions of the anti-terror Patriot Act are set to expire. Highway construction and unemployment programs need an extension. The...
In this article: Patrick Kennedy, Blanche Lincoln, Barack Obama, and Mary L. Landrieu
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New Yorker: Everything | 6 days ago
Bruce McCall: Thanksgiving Travel Update
...Gettysburg Address, and the Lord's Prayer to ease check-in bottlenecks as new interactive citizenship-quiz screening (see recent amendment to Patriot Act) becomes mandatory beginning at midnight on Wednesday, November 25th. To get more of The...
In this article: Patriot Act, The New Yorker, Niagara Falls, Shanghai, Beijing, Boston, New York, and Providence
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Associated Press: Congress | November 05, 2009
Liberal lawmakers defy Obama on Patriot Act
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Defying the Obama administration, the House Judiciary Committee voted Thursday to remove from the USA Patriot Act a tool for tracking non-U.S. citizens in anti-terrorism investigations. The committee, dominated by...
In this article: FBI, Justice Department, Gag order, All rights reserved, and GOP
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The USA PATRIOT Act, commonly known as the Patriot Act, is a controversial Act of Congress that U.S. President George W. Bush signed into law on October 26, 2001. The contrived acronym stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001" (Public Law ).
The act expands the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the stated purpose of fighting terrorism in the United States and abroad. Among its provisions, the Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and enhances the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA Patriot Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.
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