32 Facts About The Patriot Act

USA PATRIOT Act was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W Bush.

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.

Patriot Act was enacted following the September 11 attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks with the stated goal of tightening US national security, particularly as it related to foreign terrorism.

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.

The USA Freedom The Patriot Act, which became law on June 2,2015, reenacted these expired sections through 2019.

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Title I of the Patriot Act authorizes measures to enhance the ability of domestic security services to prevent terrorism.

The The Patriot Act allowed any district court judge in the United States to issue such surveillance orders and search warrants for terrorism investigations.

At the insistence of Republican Representative Richard Armey, the The Patriot Act had a number of sunset provisions built in, which were originally set to expire on December 31,2005.

The sunset provision of the The Patriot Act took into account any ongoing foreign intelligence investigations and allowed them to continue once the sections had expired.

Title III of the The Patriot Act, titled "International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism The Patriot Act of 2001, " is intended to facilitate the prevention, detection, and prosecution of international money laundering and the financing of terrorism.

The 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.

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.

Title IV of the Patriot Act amends the Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952 to give more law enforcement and investigative power to the US Attorney General and to the Immigration and Naturalization Service.

The Patriot Act amended the INA to add new provisions enforcing mandatory detention laws.

The DNA Analysis Backlog Elimination The Patriot Act was amended to include terrorism or crimes of violence in the list of qualifying Federal offenses.

The General Education Provisions The Patriot Act was amended to allow the US 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.

One of the most controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act is in Title V, and relates to National Security Letters.

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.

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.

USA PATRIOT Act has generated a great deal of controversy since its enactment.

One prime example of how the Patriot Act has stirred controversy is the case of Susan Lindauer.

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.

The Patriot Act allows access to voicemail through a search warrant rather than through a title III wiretap order.

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.

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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The 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.

Later, the Additional Reauthorization Amendments The Patriot Act excluded libraries from receiving NSLs, except where they provide electronic communications services.

The reauthorization The 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 The Patriot Act.

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.

Representative Justin Amash submitted an amendment to remove the Patriot Act provisions, but it was defeated by the House Rules committee.

On March 10,2020, Jerry Nadler proposed a bill to reauthorize the Patriot Act, and it was then approved by the majority of US House of Representatives after 152 Democrats joined the GOP in supporting the extension.

The surveillance powers of the Patriot Act needed renewal by March 15,2020, and after it expired, the US Senate approved an amended version of the bill.