The Patriot Act of 2001 and How is Relates to the United States Navy

Running Head : USA PATRIOT ACT

The Patriot Act of 2001 and how is Relates to the United States Navy

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Introduction

The USA PATRIOT Act is commonly referred to as Patriot act and was enacted by the United States congress and signed into law in 2001 by President George W . Bush . The title is a contrived acronym which means Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (Brasch , 2005 The Act greatly limits both

constitutional and civil rights of privacy and liberty as it empowers the law enforcement agencies to carry out searches on telephone , e-mail communications , financial and medical records it also reduced limitations on the foreign intelligence operations within America , empowered the Treasury head to regulate financial transactions especially those connected with the foreign persons and organizations . It also expanded the powers of the immigration and law enforcement agencies to detain and /or deport any immigrants on suspicion of a terrorism act by the person . It also changed the definition of the term terrorism which now included domestic terrorism hence expanding the number of activities that the act 's numerous powers could tackle (Wong , 2007

American citizens have been worried of the foreign culture and influence on their own culture probably since the country was founded Such fears were only harbored by a few people or individuals but later spread and engulfed everyone like bushfire including the government Then patterns of fears became associated with...