Aside from the new airport rules and regulations that were in effect, president George Bush believed that The United States still needed to be more secure with it's citizens in order to prevent another terrosist attack from happening. Bush wanted to install the Patriot Act even though many were against it because it violets certain constitutional rights. The Patriot Act significantly expanded the power of U.S. law enforcement by giving them extraordinary authority to track and follow terrorists. The act also gave terrorism investigators access to evidence-gathering tools that agents in criminal inquiries have been able to use for years. All agree that the government must be able to protect its citizens from terrorism, but the issue is how to do that without eroding the civil liberties of all citizens. Certain parts of the Patriot Act reads as follows:
TITLE II-ENHACED SURVEILLANCE PROCEDURES
Sec.201 Authority to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications relating to
to terrorism.
Sec.202 Authority to intercept wire, oral and electronic communications relating to
computer fraud and abuse offenses.
Sec. 203 Authority to share criminal investigate information.
Sec.206 Roving surveillance authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
Sec.207 Duration of FISA surveillance of non-Unites States persons who are agents of
a foreign power.
Sec.213 Authority for delaying notice of the execution of a warrant.
Sec.215 Access to records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence
Surveillance Act.
Sec.216 Modification of authorities relating to use of pen registers and trap and
trade devices.
TITLE VII- STRENGTHENING THE CRIMINAL LAWS AGAINST
TERRORISM.
Sec. 802. Definition of domestic terrorism.
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