...The USA PATRIOT Act, or the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, is a basically an anti-terrorism law that was rather hastily passed as a result of the September 11, 2001 attacks. It primarily aims at deterring and punishing acts of terrorism committed in the United States and elsewhere (USA PATRIOT Act, n.d.). However, while it appears to have noble aims of safeguarding American lives and property, the act needs to be repealed or, if not, amended so that the privacy freedoms of citizens are not trampled upon. The USA PATRIOT Act also aims at expanding the investigatory tools of law enforcement and, as well, give authorities from the executive branch more teeth against money laundering and terrorism financing and criminal abuse of financial institutions (USA PATRIOT Act, n.d.). As part of its broadening of law enforcement agencies' investigative powers, the law increased same agencies' surveillance powers, rendering amendments to the Wiretap Statue, Electronic Communications Privacy Act, and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Study guide, n.d.). This means that the government is allowed to considerably obtain even personal information about its citizens and detain aliens even without publicly acknowledging such (Mayeux, 2003-2004). In more lay person's terms, the Patriot Act seeks to accomplish its anti-terrorist objective by allowing government to wiretap more, Internet activities...
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...U.S.A. Patriot ACT (Traylyn Redman) September the 11th 200l is a day that we all know well and remember for the rest of our lives. It is a day that will down in U.S. history as one of the most historic and tragic events in our history. One response enlighten of these events that was put in place was the USA PATRIOT ACT. The reason why the USA PARTIOT ACT was signed is mainly because of poor intelligence that the U.S. has had prior to the 9/11 terrorist attacks. In addition to have a plan and reanalyze our intelligence we can make sure this attack would never happen again on American soil. The patriot act is a critical and historical event in itself. The act was put into place very quickly after 9/11. The government and President Bush had seen the U.S. as a whole was a strong country but still had weaknesses and were vulnerable to attacks without taking swift action. The act was signed on October 26, 2001, just one month after the 9/11 attacks. The patriot act was put in place for many reasons and has been a benefit and various ways. There has still been criticism and skepticism of the act in just the short term of the act being signed. The act of information sharing is one factor that the critics argue. The critics argument that this information would get into the wrong hands or be used by other agencies for unrelated or wrong reasons. The act would permit wiretaps on terrorist or even any potential terror threat over more than one jurisdiction. This would make sense...
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...the Opulent and respectable Stranger, but the oppressed and persecuted of all Nations and Religions; whom we shall welcome to a participation of all our rights and privileges…” (Spalding, 1994, p.36). 233 years later and the open bosom that Washington spoke of has been encased in armor, sealed behind stout oak. The tenets of the USA Patriot Act have made the process of immigration to the United States an almost impossible task for many of the world’s population. However the Patriot Act alone did not make Washington’s statement seem quaint and idealized. The Chinese Exclusion Act of 1892, the cold inhospitable surroundings inside the fortress like Ellis Island, and the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 made Washington’s welcoming bosom an impossibility, a dream which remains unrealized. On May 6, 1882 the corpulent, mustachioed 21st inhabitant of the executive mansion, President Chester A. Arthur signed into law The Chinese Exclusion Act which placed an absolute 10-year moratorium on Chinese labor immigration, and imposed new requirements on and Chinese born immigrant who had already entered the country ("Our Documents - Chinese Exclusion Act (1882)," n.d.). For the first time in this nations’ history, Federal law denied entry into the United States to an ethnic group and...
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...Kate Martin director of Center for National Security Studies in Washington D.C. conveys a disturbing speech to the Conference on Terrorism, Law, and Democracy regarding serious threat to civil liberty. This speech addresses the offense of the adoption to preventative detention resulting in the secret imprisonment of Arabs and Muslims where there has been no evidence following that they are terrorists. Martin argues that such arrests are unethical in a democratic society. If the government were to implement targeted investigations that focused on actual terrorists activity, but respected the political and religious activity of citizens and non- citizens, it would result in a much more effective approach versus hundreds of secret arrests. Martin begins her speech by pointing out an observation she has made after the post 9/11 attacks. She notes that since September 11 there has been an enormous shift in the eyes of Washington D.C. It has now been made possible that nuclear devices could be set off in any American city bringing up the question and difficult responses of not knowing how to take action. If this event did occur the Bill of Rights could possibly be suspended. The argument could then be made that suspending the Bill of Rights would be an inappropriate and ineffective response to the event. There is now a huge responsibility on the United States government to prevent the terrorists attacks. Unfortunately, the United States is in a predicament...
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...USA Patriot Act is an acronym for the official title, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” On October 26, 2001 George W. Bush signed the USA Patriot Act, an act passed in response to the September 11th attack of the Pentagon and World Trade Center. USA Patriot Act bears ten sections and/or titles. The purpose of the USA Patriot Act is to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world. The act enhanced the law enforcement investigatory tools and resources. “The law was intended, in Bush’s words, to “enhance the penalties that will fall on terrorists or anyone who helps them.” (Staff, 2009) Even though, the act increased intelligence agencies...
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...USA PATRIOT ACT OF 2001 The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 is a 342-page, sprawling piece of legislation that contains more than 150 sections and amends more than 15 federal laws. The law's full name is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, hence the acronym USA PATRIOT Act. It deals primarily with combating terrorism and gives the executive branch of the federal government more tools to fight suspected terrorist activity, but it also aroused the anger of civil libertarians. Critics of the act have charged that the government gained the power to investigate and detain persons with little oversight from the courts. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, U.S. political leaders sought to address terrorism with new vigor. President George w. Bush and Attorney General John Ashcroft presented Congress with proposed legislation on September 17, 2001, that focused on intelligence gathering, immigration, criminal justice, and money laundering. The administration sought new powers to conduct searches of people suspected of terrorism; to detain and deport persons suspected of terrorist involvement; and to remove statutes of limitations on terrorism. In addition, the administration wanted the justice department to have the power to place wiretaps on the phones and computers of anyone suspected of terrorism. This initial proposal became the framework for the USA PATRIOT Act, which...
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...Unit 2 Discussion Board Thesis Statement: “War on Terror” has reduced more of our freedoms in America and has done little to catch Terrorist: we should eliminate the TSA and reevaluate all the other amendments that are being infringed upon and restore our freedom. Annotated Bibliography Garrett, R. L. (2014). Lone Wolves: Coming to an Airport near You?. Airport Business, 28(3), 14-16. Ronnie Garrett describes the growing trend of the lone terrorist (the single terrorist that acts alone); he uses the LA gunman that opened fired at the LA Airport in LA last fall. This gunman didn’t go through security. He walked in the front of the airport got out his gun and opened fired. This type of terrorism is growing; this defeats the purpose of the TSA. I feel there are not enough acts of this kind to justify the expense of having the expenditure of the TSA in full blown TSA mode through every airport in the country. (n.d). TSA 'chat-downs' not meeting goals and expectations. USA Today. August 17, 2012 USA today did a report on a new security technique the TSA was piloting in Boston. They were testing a new system were they were reading facial expressions and signals on over 725000 passengers passing through the airports and only a small number were recommended for prosecution and none were terrorist. The program did not rule out to any other airports. This backs up my view that the TSA is not effective. I am not saying the process would not have worked, I have heard of this being...
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...Dr. Ronald Ernest "Ron" Paul was born in 20th August, 1935 and was raised in his town of birth Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. While in high school, where he served as the president of the student council, he met and married, in his last year in Gettysburg College, his wife Carol. Upon his graduation in 1957, the young couple moved to Durham, North Carolina, and while there, Ron attended the Duke University School of Medicine, where he pursued a medical degree and attained it in 1961.Paul and his family then moved to Detroit, Michigan, where Paul did his internship and residency at the Henry Ford Hospital from 1961 to 1962.In the years 1963 to 1965, Paul served as a doctor in the United States Air Force, where he served as a flight surgeon. In the years 1965 to 1968, he served with the United States Air National Guard. In the year 1968, Paul and his wife moved to Texas, where he began his medical practice, and specialized in obstetrics and gynaecology and proceeded to deliver more than 4000 babies. In addition, Paul and his wife have five children, besides him being a best-selling author and a qualified physician. Ron Paul began his political career in the year 1974, where he made a Congressional bid and failed. However, in 1976, a special election that sought to replace resigned Representative Robert R. Casey saw him win as a Republican Congressman, and proceeded to set up the Foundation for Rational Economics and Education (FREE) in the same year. Congressman Paul...
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...nobody is controlling it but you, or even being in your homes, nobody can see inside because your doors and windows are closed. What about when you are driving from one town to another, you would think that there is no need to carry your citizenship, because you are not crossing any borders. You think that the police is protecting you, so there is no need to fear them. What about our neighbors, can we trust them at all? Our children, are they safe in the schools, will they release them if there is a bomb threat? America has never been a free country. Well, let me take that back, when the natives were here first, yes it was a free country, but once it was stolen and colonized by the Europeans, it became their country and everyone else became aliens to it. They stole and killed to become who they are now. Lynching, hanging, and enslaving people, because of the color of their skin, that is in most professional psychiatrist circles...
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...Did the Alien-Sedition Acts violate any of the first 10 amendments? The Alien Sedition Acts were a set of four acts that were passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the United States Congress. It was declared during the undeclared naval war with Britain and France with the impressment of US seamen. Passed during the presidency of John Adams, Democrat-Republican opposition reached new heights because they were in favor with an alliance with France. The first act was the Naturalization act, which was “an act supplementary to, and to amend the act to establish a uniform rule of naturalization; and to repeal the act heretofore passed on that subject”, and was to extend the amount of years needed for naturalization from 5 years to 14 years. This wasn’t violating any of the amendments, however, because it only extended the amount of time needed in a law that was already in place. The next act was the Alien Act, which was formally called “an act concerning Aliens.” This act authorized the president to deport any aliens that would be considered dangerous to the country. This isn’t unconstitutional because they’re illegal or legal aliens that aren’t provided for under the constitution. The third act was the Alien Enemies Act, formally called “An Act Respecting Alien Enemies.” This act allowed the president to deport any and or all people from a country at which the United States was at war with. This also is constitutional because the government has to provide for its citizens first...
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...The First Party System: Why Thomas Jefferson was Responsible American History to 1877 Thomas Jefferson is responsible for dividing the Federalist party of the late 1700s and creating what is known today as the first party system. Thomas Jefferson, who supported a small national government and individual rights, changed American politics by advocating rights of small planters and western farmers to divide the nation once united behind Federalist ideals. By dividing the once united Federalist party into two separate groups, he was able to gain the support needed to take the office of the President away from the Federalist party. This feat was more than a challenge for Jefferson and would shape the structure of American political parties forever. (1) In 1788, George Washington was the first President of the United States and he chose two men with contrasting views on what the fate of the United States should be as part of his advisory board. Thomas Jefferson was chosen by Washington as the head of Department of State. Jefferson was a Virginian and diplomat, known for his views on small national government and representing the small planters and western farmers of America. George Washington then chose Alexander Hamilton as his secretary of the Treasury. Born and raised in the Caribbean, he worked for Washington as his aid during the revolutionary war and was a lawyer. Hamilton was known for his views on a strong national government. He favored merchants and financiers...
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...Name Tutor Course Date The Alien and Sedition Acts of 1978 Q.1 The alien and sedition acts of 1978 outlawed any person from writing or assisting other persons in writing false or malicious information about the government of the United States. There were three justifications for this law. First, it was passed because writing, assisting persons to write and publish malicious information could defame the government and thereby harm its reputation. Most specifically, such writings and publications could destroy the reputation of the president of the United States and the Congress. Secondly, such writings and publications could stir hatred among the citizens of the United States thereby causing a revolt. Thirdly, such writings and publications could trigger hostility of foreign nations against the US, especially the leader of the government, and the people of the United States. Q.2 The Virginia Resolution opposed the enactment of the alien and sedition acts. The alien act received opposition because it was enacted unlawfully. In other words, the federal government had contravened its powers. The federal government enacted laws that were beyond its mandate. Moreover, passing the alien act joined the three arms of the government namely the legislature, the executive and the judiciary thereby sabotaging the ideologies of a free government. Enacting the alien act also undermined the freedom of organizations and further violated the constitution. The Virginia Resolution also...
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...Technology Acts Paper Grading Guide |Content |Points Available|Points Earned |Additional Comments: | |60 Percent |6 |X/6 | | |All key elements of the assignment are covered in a substantive way. | | | | |Two of the following acts were selected: | | | | |Do Not Call Implementation Act, 2003 | | | | |Controlling the Assault of Non-solicited Pornography and Marketing (CAN-SPAM) Act, 2003 | | | | |Federal Information Security Management Act (FISMA), 2002 | | | | |Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct | | | | |Terrorism Act (US Patriot Act), 2001, renewed 2006 | | | | |Children’s Internet Protection Act, 2000...
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...Axia College Material Appendix B The USA PATRIOT ACT Provisions Table Use the table below to organize information about the USA PATRIOT ACT. From the Electronic Reserve Reading article Update: USA Patriot Act, identify and classify characteristics of PATRIOT ACT provisions. Describe how each provision either poses potential risks to civil liberties, aids the War on Terror, or possibly both. While completing the table, consider what each provision means to you on a personal level. For example, Section 218 makes it easier for federal agents to open a criminal case on you or other citizens, should there be significant purpose to do so; yet, the same provision makes it easier for federal agents to gather information on a terrorist, and possibly prevent that terrorist from committing future crimes. |Provision |Risks to Civil Liberties |Aids the War on Terror | |Section 218 |Allows agents to obtain FISA warrants, requiring less |This provision makes it easier for agents to open a | | |evidence of wrongdoing, which can be subject to abuse |criminal case on terrorists, possibly preventing that | | |in domestic criminal cases. Only a significant |terrorist from committing future crimes. Reduces | | |investigative purpose is required to obtain a FISA |barriers between intelligence work and criminal | | ...
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