By tascerUSA
Identify and describe four ways in which the USA PATRIOT Act changed the way in which federal law enforcement investigates terror-related activities.
^^Need help the only one i can think of is it makes it a lot easier for them to find terror related activities, i just need some help to point me in the right direction.^^
Through patriot act they can:
1-Tap emails without consent
2-Do phone taps without consent
3-Detain a person indefinitely if they are considered an "enemy combatant"
4-Has defined "enemy combatant" in very vague terms so that essentially it could be just about anybody without any real tangible proof
Look for this video, "Unconstitutional – The War on Our civil liberties " it can be found here, http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=3105519703637733227
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By tascerUSA
What were the privacy rights concerns of groups like the American civil liberties Union and the American Library Association after Congress passed, then renewed, the Patriot Act after the attack of September 11, 2001?
People in this country enjoyed the right of privacy and therefor the right to keep the government out of their lives, homes, and off of their cell phones. According to the patriot act, the government may investigate anyone they suspect of terror (which includes a very wide range of acts) by electronic, visual, or any other method of surveillance. In addition, anyone suspected may be arrested and held indefinitely.
Filed in: civil liberties
By tascerUSA
For example, the 'patriotism' people feel in the rivalry between Melbourne and Sydney, that their city is better than the other.
I think the word (phrase, actually) you're looking for is 'civic pride.'
Filed in: patriotism
By tascerUSA
I have looked on wikipedia and the Whitehouse's webpage; it is incomplete or brief in mention on both. I am doing a research paper and cannot otherwise find sufficient coverage on a specific aspect of the patriot act. Any help will be enjoyed. Please no diatribes or ranting about unconstituitionality of the patriot act as the preamble will prove you to be otherwise than correct. But I am less than interested in arguing this aspect…
Please help me find a detailed copy of this or maybe where I can locate a real paper copy of said law.
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ056.107
Filed in: patriot act
By tascerUSA
The war on terror could be the most influential war of this generation. This war must not be lost. For winning this war will preserve our way of life, our freedom for ourselves and our children. Losing it would put ourselves at risk forever. Some in congress don't mind losing this war, yet somehow they are elected. Lucky for us, President Bush still tries to fight it despite his hands being tied behind his back.
Thus far, too many victims have been tallied. Too many families torn apart by suicide bombers, roadside bombs; innocent people slaughtered everywhere. And for what? Hate. We might consider renaming the War on Terror the War on Hatred.
When will we stop them and how? They are in hiding, digging deeper in their tunnels, jumping across our borders, blending into our society, working at our stores, serving us, until one day: Snap. Can we depend on our government to find all those in hiding? Can the government alone be trusted to defend us, ensuring our freedom and prosperity?
First, stop spreading this Chicken Little crap and show some small amount of guts.
Second, stop electing those who (like Bush and his ilk) magnify the threat (for their own purely political reasons) posed by a relatively small, low-tech band of thugs who happened to notice a well known security flaw and managed to exploit it.
Third, stop swallowing every scrap of propaganda that's put in front of you. Learn the true priorities, objectives and capabilities of the terrorists and deal with what they really are. That is how you defeat an enemy, not by spreading irrational fear and otherwise promoting their agenda more effectivly than they ever could have done on their own.
Contrary to the bleating of those who are incapable of understanding that history didn't begin on the day of their birth, terrorism is hardly the greatest threat this country has experienced. In fact, it doesn't reach the top five.
In the past, we have faced national threats with courage and determination. We refused to succumb to fear. We rejected the concept that others would/could affect our internal affairs. We would not allow ouselves to be coerced. Unfortunately, things have changed. We have become a nation of cowering puppies, willing to trade our honor and even our basic liberties in hopes of some guarantee of personal safety offered by those who seek to control us and those, like you, who have submitted to blind, hysterical emotionalism and seek validation of your submission by enlisting others who share your condition.
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