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USA PATRIOT

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USA PATRIOTUniting and Strengthening America By Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (US legislation)


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THE USA PATRIOT Act gave law enforcement agencies unprecedented and controversial authority to "sneak and peek" into people's homes and businesses without immediately notifying them.
17), I asked myself why we in Congress, as part of the USA PATRIOT Act reauthorization, have been passionately debating the balance between civil liberties, on one hand, and the investigative and surveillance powers of the FBI and other executive branch agencies, on the other.
With 16 of its provisions, including several key ones, set to expire at the end of the year, the USA PATRIOT Act--enacted in 2001 in reaction to the worst terrorist attack in U.
 
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