The Patriot Act: The Rise Of Government Surveillance

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Since the horrific events of September 11 2001, the Congress has passed the Patriot Act and approved by the Senate and the House of Representatives. But on October 26, when the President Bush signed the Act, no House of Representatives or the Senate reports this. The extensive terrorist attack may be decreased, but the Patriot Act still have false charge and still be accused of dangerous rise of the government surveillance.

It’s true that the Patriot Act has acted to violate privacy expectations and suspect regular Americans citizens. “It violates the privacy of millions of innocent people” (source 1). This law enforcement has the power to broadly access American citizen’s internet researches, telephone calls, text messages or also, emails

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