Identify and explain the significance of the USA PATRIOT ACT. Why is the act, and in particular Section 215, so controversial? How does this legislation reflect larger trends in U.S. reactions to national security threats?
What will be an ideal response?
Answers should identify the USA PATRIOT ACT as legislation passed in response to the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks that expanded the government’s powers of surveillance, detention, and search and seizure. Answers should also identify how Section 215 expands the kinds of records the federal government can search when investigating suspected terrorists, and what kind of cause they need to do so. Answers should identify how the USA PATRIOT ACT is not the first incident of legislation of this type. Examples may include the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798, the internment of Japanese Americans during WWII, and the Pentagon Papers case.
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