What law did Congress pass shortly after the 9/11 attacks that dramatically expanded the federal government's ability to investigate Americans without establishing probable cause for "intelligence purposes" and to conduct searches if there are "reasonable grounds to believe" there may be national security threats?
a. Posse Comitatus Act of 1878
b. Homeland Security Act
c. Military Commissions Act (MCA)
d. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act)
d
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