After the biggest terrorist attack in US history, a bill was passed which was a result of what happens when a government panicked. After 9/11, the US government was afraid an attack would happen again. So in a panic, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed in the Senate on October 25 2001, just 45 days after the attack with a vote of 98:1. The USA PATRIOT Act stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The purpose behind its name was that it deemed anyone who violated the PATRIOT Act unpatriotic or a traitor to the United States. Its intent was to give the FBI and NSA access to more private information if that person was deemed a suspect in terrorism. But since the act was rushed through Congress, there were opportunities for
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They can’t just take a person’s records without a reason. Having the Patriot Act enables our country to be safer, especially with all the other terrorist attacks that have been happening all over the world, like the Berlin Bombings and the Paris Shootings. The Patriot Act also gives the public the reassurance that the government is doing something to try and keep them safe. As a result of all the surveillance there have been some minor terrorism acts that have been uncovered, and it works as a fear mechanism to scare the terrorists. Although the PATRIOT was created to keep the US safe, the intelligence agencies have abused their power on the fact that there are loopholes in the bill. On average, to pass a bill in Congress, it takes about 8 ½ months. The USA PATRIOT Act was passed in 45 days. There was no public hearing when it was first proposed, and all 345 pages of it, were printed at 3 am on the day of court hearing. That gave congressmen the time between 3 am and 11 am to read the bill. No one read it. Then the bill that was voted on the previous morning was changed at midnight. Almost all the revisions were efforts to expand the federal law
They can’t just take a person’s records without a reason. Having the Patriot Act enables our country to be safer, especially with all the other terrorist attacks that have been happening all over the world, like the Berlin Bombings and the Paris Shootings. The Patriot Act also gives the public the reassurance that the government is doing something to try and keep them safe. As a result of all the surveillance there have been some minor terrorism acts that have been uncovered, and it works as a fear mechanism to scare the terrorists. Although the PATRIOT was created to keep the US safe, the intelligence agencies have abused their power on the fact that there are loopholes in the bill. On average, to pass a bill in Congress, it takes about 8 ½ months. The USA PATRIOT Act was passed in 45 days. There was no public hearing when it was first proposed, and all 345 pages of it, were printed at 3 am on the day of court hearing. That gave congressmen the time between 3 am and 11 am to read the bill. No one read it. Then the bill that was voted on the previous morning was changed at midnight. Almost all the revisions were efforts to expand the federal law