DHS & the Patriot Act CJ-355- Homeland Security Professor Anderson By Jimmy Ortega 4/29/14 The September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks led to the forming of the Department of Homeland Security and the Patriot Act, which was a law passed just six weeks after the World Trade Center and the Pentagon were hit. This Act was passed by the Senate the by a vote of 98-1(Sensenbrenner, 2001). The Bush Administration considered this Act a form of "anti-terrorism weapon." It’s sad that it took our country
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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
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The Patriot act was created due to a world crisis that happened in September 11, 2001 when terrorist invaded the United States of America and hijacked a couple of planes for the purpose to crash them in important places where they would get as many people as possible. One being the Twin towers or also known as the World Trade Center and also the pentagon which was not achieved due that some heroic civilians in the plane that decided to fight for their lives and the lives of others. Four passenger
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equity). The USA Patriot Act is just one of many polices that have been passed by our government that has caused great controversy amongst the people. The USA Patriot Act is an act that was signed on October 26, 2011 by former president George W. Bush (George W. Bush Signs the Patriot Act). USA Patriot is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA Patriot Act). This act came in response
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Introduction The Patriot act in my opinion has served the United States a great justice in many unique ways. There are so many aspects to this act. These aspects stretch as far as, why it came about, and what is the biggest protest towards it? The combination of all these aspects gave me the interest to write on it. There were a few things that made this Act stand out but the determining factor was simply that it dealt with controlling terrorist acts. After September 11, 2001 I always
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Center and the Pentagon, the President and Congress saw fit to protect the United States by passing a bill called the Patriot Act. The Patriot Act significantly expanded the powers of law enforcement by allowing law enforcement and intelligence agencies to use types of electronic surveillance that were previously only allowed with legal warrants (Ibid, 2001). Additionally, the Patriot Act allows government agencies to detain suspected terrorists for unspecified lengths of time in order to investigate
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The Patriot Act and Individual Privacy English Composition II 25 November 2012 The Patriot Act and Individual Privacy Over the last ten years, the Gallup’s poll has shown a trending decline in the tolerance for the USA PATRIOT Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act). Citizens are becoming more protective of their civil liberties than they were immediately following the terrorist attacks on
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America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. This Act is more commonly referred to as the PATROIT Act. The goal of the PATRIOT Act is to increase the Federal government’s wiretap and surveillance authority, remove barriers between the CIA and FBI information sharing and provide more tools to finance terrorism investigations. Major provisions that comprise the PATROIT Act easing the limitations on information that can be shared among the various U.S.
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The Patriot Act I – Intro USA PATRIOT Act – “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001” George W Bush put the Patriot Act into action on October 26, 2001. After the destruction of the twin towers in New York City, The United States of America realized our national security was weak and we needed to secure America from ever experiencing another terrorist attack, especially one of that magnitude. This Act allows
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The Patriot Act Philosophers have helped us understand the establishment of governments and the authority of state over the individual. In this world there needs to be rules established and certain freedoms giving up for the exchange for protection and security. This is known as the social contract theory, which was originally founded by Plato. But such ideas has been expanded and taken one step further by many philosophers. This idea of a social contract is one of our most essential foundations
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