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A 3 page paper discussing the major points of the Patriot Act and an individual’s reactions to it. Americans are fond of bickering among themselves, but we band together well in the face of crisis. In this sense we are very much like an old-fashioned large family. Patriot enables the mechanisms by which that quality can be expressed. Perhaps we give up a measure of individual freedom in the face of Patriot, but in the balance, the freedom we stand to gain from it may well outweigh that which we have to give up. Bibliography lists 1 source.
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File: CC6_KSpolPatriot.rtf
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immediately following the realization that the unfolding events of September 11, 2001 were concerted acts of terror was that in the United States, ostensibly the freest nation in the world,
it was difficult even to know when potential terrorists were present in the country, let alone track their activities. Because our Constitution guarantees every individual citizen the right to
freedom, Americans bristle at the thought of having their privacy invaded. So we cross state borders at will; we conduct our business and
visit friends without any interference or permission from the federal government. Some of us are ambivalent about the Patriot Act; others of us rage against invasion of privacy.
In the end, however, loss of a degree of privacy would have been a small price to pay to save the more than 3,000 lives lost in the terrorist attacks
of that single day. The Patriot Act Passed six weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America
by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act (PATRIOT Act) likely is the most intrusive piece of American legislation since the federal government implemented the federal income
tax. Patriot II is slated to replace the Patriot Act, but it is not yet fully refined and defined in its scope (Drake, 2003). Likely components of Patriot
II promise to be even more intrusive than the original. Before Patriot, officials in any capacity had to have some indication of illegal
acts in order to be able to place wiretaps, examine individuals purchasing records (such as credit card receipts) or search business records and premises. Such is not the case
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