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What is the "Patriotism" act?
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ticklishbbw
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Do you mean the Patriot Act?
If you do, it was a new set of regulations that give the U.S. government and law enforcement more power to intercept communications (wire taps for example). It also give greater power to the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate and regulate financial institutions in order to prevent foreign money laundering.
Of course this is all as a result of 9/11.
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If you do, it was a new set of regulations that give the U.S. government and law enforcement more power to intercept communications (wire taps for example). It also give greater power to the Secretary of the Treasury to investigate and regulate financial institutions in order to prevent foreign money laundering.
Of course this is all as a result of 9/11.
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isn't that the act which set up the telephone number that people can call if they think their neighbors are suspicious of terrorist activity or something to that effect...i'm just guessing here so please excuse my supposition.
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the USA Patriot Act
Note: I do not wish to enter into another long, pointless political debate. I am just going to provide some basic facts.
The USA Patriot Act was passed by the House of Representatives on October 24, 2001, by a vote of 357 in favor and 66 against. The Senate vote, the next day, was 98 in favor and 1 opposed. It was signed into law by President Bush on October 26, 2001.
Its name is an acronym for "Unifying and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism".
The actulal bill is over 300 pages long, and makes changes to 15 different preexisting Federal laws.
If you've got the time, you can read the full text of the bill here:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
A summary favorable to the legislation can be found here:
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/
A summary hostile to the legislation can be found here:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
Note: I do not wish to enter into another long, pointless political debate. I am just going to provide some basic facts.
The USA Patriot Act was passed by the House of Representatives on October 24, 2001, by a vote of 357 in favor and 66 against. The Senate vote, the next day, was 98 in favor and 1 opposed. It was signed into law by President Bush on October 26, 2001.
Its name is an acronym for "Unifying and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism".
The actulal bill is over 300 pages long, and makes changes to 15 different preexisting Federal laws.
If you've got the time, you can read the full text of the bill here:
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html
A summary favorable to the legislation can be found here:
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/
A summary hostile to the legislation can be found here:
http://www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism/20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
