Articles for tag: PATRIOT Act, Usa Patriot Act

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The USA Patriot Act: Security or Liberty?

The terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and the resulting deaths of 3,000 innocent Americans instantly changed the face of the United States, its government and its people forever. Soon after the initial shock, the Bush administration took its first steps in fighting the “war on terrorism” with the signing of the USA Patriot Act. ...

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Current Issues Pertaining to Civil Rights in America and Prison Statistics

Over two hundred years ago the fledgling government of the newly liberated America drew together the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution and the Bill of Rights. The country had declared itself free of royal tyranny, fought and won its independence from the United Kingdom, and declared that all people shall have certain inalienable rights. These ...

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Counter Cyber Terrorism and Civil Rights

Recent world events have turned the eyes of the public away from the potential for international warfare and towards the actions of nonstate actors. One of the more quickly growing fears is not that of impending invasion or physical attack but rather the potential for cyberterrorism. The fear of electronic attacks, whether on one person ...