User:Ta bu shi da yu/USA PATRIOT Act

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Scratch page for research on the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 - aka the USA PATRIOT Act.

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Bills, Acts & regulations[edit]

Background[edit]

Related[edit]

  • Victims of Terrorism Act of 1995
    • S.735
    • Passed after Oklahoma City bombing.
    • It made an emergency reserve of up to $50 million as part of the Crime Victims Fund
    • Section 621 tops up this amount.
  • Crime Victims Assistance Act of 2001, S.107.
    • Note: Section 621 of USA PATRIOT Act removes cap of spending.
  • McDade law
    • 28 U.S.C. § 530B
    • Professional Standards for Government Attorneys Act of 2001 introduced on September 19th. Introduced as S. 1437, incorporated in section 501.
      • modified the McDade law by establishing a set of rules that clarify the professional standards applicable to government attorneys
  • Internet Security Act of 2000
    • S. 2430
    • incorporated into section 815 (amends Computer Fraud and Abuse Act)
    • a bit of background to section 216
  • Dangerous Biological Agent and Toxin Control Act of 2000
  • 21st Century Department of Justice Appropriations Authorization Act
    • Introduced in August 2001 by Orin Hatch and Patrick Leahy
    • S. 1319
    • established a Counter-terrorism Fund.
    • incorporated in Section 101.
  • Cable Communications Policy Act of 1984
    • section 211 now clarifies that a cable company must comply with the laws governing the interception and disclosure of wire and electronic communications just like any other telephone company or Internet service provider
  • Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 6(e)
    • rule governs disclosure of information gathered from a Grand Jury
    • section 203 expanded this

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Hearings[edit]

House Judiciary Committee[edit]

Govt programs[edit]

Organisations[edit]

History[edit]

  1. September 11, 2001 terrorist attacks
  2. Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001
  3. Public Safety & Cyber Security Enhancement Act
  4. Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2001
  5. Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
  6. S. Hrg. 107-604
  7. Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001
  8. Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001 (title as introduced in the House), later Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act (title as passed by House)
  9. USA Act of 2001
  10. 50 questions to John Ashcroft on the USA PATRIOT Act
  11. Response to letter
  12. PATRIOT II
  13. ACLU and EPIC v. Department of Justice, Civil Action No. 02-2077
    • March 21, 2003
      In this action, Plaintiffs challenge the government's refusal to disclose aggregate, statistical data concerning implementation of controversial new surveillance powers authorizedby Congress in the wake of the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. These new powers raise potentially serious implications for constitutionally protected rights and, accordingly, there is widespread public concern about their scope and implementation.
      Plaintiffs filed this litigation after defendant Department of Justice (“DOJ”) failed to respond expeditiously to a request under the Freedom of Information Act (“FOIA”), 5 U.S.C. § 552. The request sought records related to Defendant’s implementation of the USA PATRIOT Act (“Patriot Act” or “Act”), Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272 (Oct. 26, 2001), legislation that dramatically expanded the government’s authority to engage in intrusive surveillance of people living in the United States. The records sought are critical to the public’s ability to evaluate the import of the new surveillance powers, to determine whether the government is using the new powers appropriately, to determine whether the new powers should be renewed before they sunset in 2005, and to determine whether the public should support further expansion of the government’s surveillance authority.
      While the DOJ has now released a number of records in response to Plaintiffs’ request, it has asserted that certain responsive records are exempt from disclosure. Defendant moved for summary judgment by motions filed on January 24 and March 7. Plaintiffs now oppose Defendant’s motion for summary judgment and cross-move for summa[ry judgment on the ground that Defendant has failed to meet its burden under the FOIA to withhold the disputed records.
  14. On November 26, 2002, U.S. District Judge Ellen Huvelle ordered the Justice Department to complete its processing of the EPIC/ACLU information request by January 15, 2003. [2]
  15. Attorney General Ashcroft gives two speeches in defence of the Partiot Act
    1. Speech 1 (August 19, 2003). American Enterprise Institute, Washington DC.
    2. Speech 2 (September 9, 2003). New York City.
  16. Security and Freedom Ensured Act (SAFE)
  17. Federal Court strikes down section 805
    • U.S. District Court Judge Audrey Collins delivered verdict
    • Filed by Humanitarian Law Project on behalf of plaintiffs who sought to provide assistance to Kurdish refugees living in Turkey.
    • Sources
      • Frieden, Terry (January 27, 2004). "Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional". Law Center. CNN. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
      • "Key Patriot Act provision ruled unconstitutional under the First Amendment" (Press release). Humanitarian Law Project. January 26, 2004. Retrieved 2007-07-24.
      • Humanitarian Law Project et al. v. John Ashcroft - see Humanitarian Law Project or Findlaw
  18. American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft (2004)
  19. George W. Bush urges Congress to renew the Patriot Act
  20. AG Ashcroft writes letter to Congress warning not to tinker with Patriot Act

Reauthorization[edit]

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Controversy[edit]

  • Locy, Toni (26th February, 2007). "Patriot Act blurred in the public mind". USA Today. {{cite news}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
    • TV scriptwriters are taking literary license with the act by casting it as the latest interrogation-room weapon for fictional cops. On shows such as CBS' Navy NCIS and NBC's Las Vegas, bad guys have been coerced into cooperating by threats that they would be held under the Patriot Act as "enemy combatants" at the U.S. military base in Cuba, without access to a lawyer. In real life, the U.S. government is holding 650 suspected al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives at the base at Guantanamo Bay.
    • Barbara Bailey, the director of the Welles-Turner Library, said she had not read the Patriot Act. "Reading it is like reading your way through a bureaucratic maze," she said. "I get the sense people don't really understand the Patriot Act, but it sounds bad, like Big Brother is trying to get you." Attorney General Richard Blumenthal also has been consistently asked to participate in forums on the Patriot Act. "The Patriot Act is a complex, big document with provisions that vary in novelty and complexity, so naturally people may not understand all of it and may have misconceptions about it," he said. "I'm generally an advocate of law enforcement. It's part of my job, and I'm invited to be a proponent or supporter. That's the role I readily accept, but I'm not necessarily a supporter of every single provision in the Patriot Act, and I've taken the position to improve it."
  • http://writ.news.findlaw.com/commentary/20011005_ramasastry.html

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