What is the Patriot Act?
The PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The Act reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies' ability to search telephone, e-mail , medical and financial records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States. It expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, enlarging the number of activities to which the expanded law enforcement powers can be applie. ChaCha!
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PATRIOT Act is an Act of the U.S. Congress that was signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. The Act reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies' ability to search telephone, e-mail , medical and financial records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States. It expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, enlarging the number of activities to which the expanded law enforcement powers can be applied. ChaCha!
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The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the "Patriot Act") is an Act of the U.S. Congress and signed into law by President George W. Bush on October 26 after the 9/11 attacks.
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The Patriot Act is a response to the terrorist attacks of 9/11, working to close our borders to terrorist threats. ChaCha!
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The Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial, MORE?
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A US law enacted in response to the 9/11/2001 terrorist attacks, which gave law-enforcement officials greater ability to tap MORE?
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The patriot act is an act of law passed after 9-11 terrorist attacks giving law enforcement agencies increased, broad powers.
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