THE PATRIOT ACT

The Patriot Act

The Patriot Act

"There is nothing to fear but fear itself." This famous quote, said Franklin Roosevelt, served as a reminder to all people, that fear must not guide our actions, and should not they affect our lives. On 11 September 2001 the American public saw the face of fear and courageously stood in his shadow, his shadow, which includes New York and Washington, DC. Shortly thereafter, President George W. Bush stated that he would "do everything in its power to protect the American people." Security always has a cost, and, as we now know, this "price" is not quite the budget. U.S. Patriotic Act of 2001 gives the government too much power to invade privacy and restrict the freedom of American public law, which are guaranteed by the Constitution of the United States of America. This law was prepared in the fear and the Government is working on re-election, gives government more power than ever to investigate the various crimes; focus mainly on terrorism. USA Patriotic Act, also known as USAPA says in the introduction that his purpose is "to prevent and suppress terrorist acts in the United States and around the world to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes." "Other purposes" never specifically in this document. Nevertheless, terrorism is a problem that needs to be corrected, but what happens when our solutions are beginning to invade rights of the innocent? The Bill of Rights was added to the Constitution in order to protect the population against the authorities, but the Patriot Act US such a powerful instrument that it can strip 1 person (it) and 4 (Privacy) Amendment rights instaneously. This example, as a strong power of government can, if given the opportunity. (Chang 2002) "This law is based on the erroneous assumption that safety must be at the expense of civil liberties. USA In the Patriot Act gives law enforcement agencies nationwide emergency powers without hindrance a new meaning to the court." (ACLU) These checks and balances were put in place after the disclosure in 1974 that the FBI and foreign intelligence agencies had spied on more than 10,000 citizens, including Martin Luther King. (Gunaratna 2003) This means that 30 years ago, our government is using what little equipment they had to do extensive wiretaps and other invasions of privacy strategy, to spy on suspected wrong-performers. Imagine that our government is capable of today. With little more than ask the Attorney General may use any information it deems appropriate, without any justification. Such information, as well as any purchase you made with a credit card, any doctor you fill every site you visit and every e-mail to send and receive. Scared yet? I sure am. USAPA was written too quickly, resulting in many of the provisions needed to provide "an explanation and analysis, money laundering, immigration and for victims of terrorism. Not only the fact that this 342 page behemoth was submitted to a vote, and in slightly more than a ...