USA PATRIOT Act was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W Bush.
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25 Facts About Patriot Act
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The formal name of the statute is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, and the commonly used short name is a contrived acronym that is embedded in the name set forth in the statute.
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Patriot Act was enacted following the September 11 attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks with the stated goal of tightening U S national security, particularly as it related to foreign terrorism.
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Patriot Act was enacted in direct response to the September 11 attacks on the World Trade Center in New York City and the Pentagon in Arlington, Virginia, as well as the 2001 anthrax attacks, with the stated goal of dramatically strengthening national security.
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The Patriot Act allowed any district court judge in the United States to issue such surveillance orders and search warrants for terrorism investigations.
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The sunset provision of the Patriot Act took into account any ongoing foreign intelligence investigations and allowed them to continue once the sections had expired.
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Title III of the Patriot Act, titled "International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Patriot Act of 2001, " is intended to facilitate the prevention, detection, and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism.
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The Patriot Act requires the Secretary of Treasury to take all reasonable steps to encourage foreign governments make it a requirement to include the name of the originator in wire transfer instructions sent to the United States and other countries, with the information to remain with the transfer from its origination until the point of disbursement.
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In 2005, this provision of the USA PATRIOT Act was used to prosecute Yehuda Abraham for helping to arrange money transfers for British arms dealer Hermant Lakhani, who was arrested in August 2003 after being caught in a government sting.
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Patriot Act amended the INA to add new provisions enforcing mandatory detention laws.
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The DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination Patriot Act was amended to include terrorism or crimes of violence in the list of qualifying Federal offenses.
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The General Education Provisions Act was amended to allow the U S Attorney General or Assistant Attorney General to collect and retain educational records relevant to an authorized investigation or prosecution of an offense that is defined as a Federal crime of terrorism and which an educational agency or institution possesses.
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One of the most controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act is in Title V, and relates to National Security Letters .
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Later, the USA PATRIOT Act was reauthorized and amendments were made to specify a process of judicial review of NSLs and to allow the recipient of an NSL to disclose receipt of the letter to an attorney or others necessary to comply with or challenge the order.
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The Assistant Attorney General was given expanded authority under Section 614 of the USA PATRIOT Act to make grants to any organization that administers any Office of Justice Programs, which includes the Public Safety Officers Benefits Program.
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USA PATRIOT Act has generated a great deal of controversy since its enactment.
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One prime example of how the Patriot Act has stirred controversy is the case of Susan Lindauer.
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Lindauer is a former Congressional staffer and antiwar activist who was charged under the Patriot Act with "acting as an unregistered agent of a foreign government, " then ruled by a court mentally unfit to stand trial.
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Patriot Act allows access to voicemail through a search warrant rather than through a title III wiretap order.
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The association became so concerned that it adopted a resolution condemning the USA PATRIOT Act and urging members to defend free speech and protect patrons' privacy.
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British Columbia's privacy commissioner raises concerns that the USA PATRIOT Act will allow the United States government to access Canadians' private information, such as personal medical records, that are outsourced to American companies.
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Patriot Act later struck a plea bargain and admitted to one of the remaining charges in exchange for being released and deported by April 2007.
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Later, the Additional Reauthorization Amendments Patriot Act excluded libraries from receiving NSLs, except where they provide electronic communications services.
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The reauthorization Patriot Act ordered the Attorney General submit a report semi-annually to the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, the House and Senate Intelligence Committees and the House Committee on Financial Services and the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs on all NSL request made under the Fair Credit Reporting Patriot Act.
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Surveillance performed against "lone wolf terrorists" under section 207 of the USA PATRIOT Act were increased to 120 days for an initial order, while pen registers and trap and trace device extensions under FISA were increased from 90 days to a year.
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