What were the privacy rights concerns of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Libra?

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.

is it justifiable for a government to take away civil rights and civil liberties from citizens in a timeofwar?

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One Response to “What were the privacy rights concerns of groups like the American Civil Liberties Union and the American Libra?”

  1. Scott K on June 9th, 2009 3:55 am

    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.
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