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The Patriot Act is a U.S. law enacted in 2001 to enhance law enforcement and intelligence activities after the 9/11 attacks. It has been renewed, amended and challenged several times, and some of its provisions are still in effect.
17 paź 2024 · On this anniversary of the Patriot Act during an active genocide, many Palestinians, Arabs, Muslims, and allies in the U.S. are once again in an exceedingly vulnerable position to be targeted for protesting the genocide in Palestine and Israel’s broader escalation in Lebanon.
19 gru 2017 · The Patriot Act is a law passed in 2001 to improve U.S. law enforcement against terrorism after 9/11. It was modified in 2015 by the USA Freedom Act to protect civil liberties, but some provisions remain controversial.
19 lis 2021 · Learn about the history, impact, and controversies of the Patriot Act, a law that expanded U.S. surveillance powers after 9/11. Find out which provisions have expired and which are still in effect.
17 paź 2024 · The USA PATRIOT Act is a U.S. law that expanded the surveillance powers of federal agencies after the 9/11 attacks. It was passed in 2001 and has been amended and reauthorized several times since then.
14 maj 2020 · The USA Freedom Reauthorization Act restores Section 215 of the Patriot Act, which expired in March, allowing warrantless collection of “tangible things” for national security. The bill also expands FISA court oversight, but fails to ban web history and search records snooping.
8 paź 2021 · This week, CDT hosted a discussion looking back at the enactment of the Patriot Act and the expansion of government surveillance after 9/11, evaluating how the landscape for government surveillance authorities and civil liberties has evolved in the 20 years since, and exploring how we should go forward in the present day.
