Explain how the Patriot Act has made it easier for federal agents to conduct searches during terrorism investigations
What will be an ideal response?
• The Patriot Act gives federal agents even more leeway and allows for searches and surveillance if a "significant purpose" of the investigation is intelligence gathering or any other type of antiterrorist activity.
• The statute also provides federal agents with "roving surveillance authority," allowing them to continue monitoring a terrorist suspect on the strength of the original warrant even if the suspect moves to another jurisdiction.
• The Patriot Act makes it much easier for law enforcement agents to avoid the notification requirements of search warrants, meaning that a person whose home has been the target of a search and whose voice mails or computer records have been seized may not be informed of these activities until weeks after they have taken place.
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