2024-05-2216:58 Status:Pseudo Tags: United States History 11
The USA Patriot Act: (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, Act) of 2001 had the aim of broadening the security powers of law-enforcement agencies to identify and stop terrorists. The US government justified a need for increased security to deter and punish terrorist attacks in the US and around the world. This was heavily challenged by groups who this law was a threat to. In reality, this Patriot Act was haphazardly targeted towards Muslim and Arab peoples. It also enabled federal agencies to spy and probe people who âdemonstrated a threat of being a terroristâ
The Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015, where there was no congressional approval to renew. On the next day the USA Freedom Act was passed into law, which renewed the expired parts until 2019.
A list of what the Patriot Act enabled:
- 201: Authority to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications relating to terrorism.
- 202: Authority to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications relating to computer fraud, and abuse offenses.
- 203(b): Authority to share electronic, wire and oral interception information.
- 204: Clarification of intelligence exceptions from limitation on interception and disclosure of wire, oral and electronic communications.
- 206: Roving surveillance authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) of 1978.
- 207: Duration of FISA surveillance of non-United States persons who are agents of a foreign power.
- 209: Surveillance of voice mail messages pursuant to warrants
- 212: Emergency disclosure of electronic communications to protect life and limb.
- 214: Pen register and trap and trace authority under FISA.
- 215: Access to records and other items under FISA.
- 217: Interception of computer trespasser communications.
- 218: Foreign intelligence information.
- 220: Nationwide service of search warrants for electronic evidence.
- 223: Civil liability for certain unauthorized disclosures.
- 225: Immunity for compliance with FISA wiretap.