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USA PATRIOT Act Bill summary, status and full text, from the Library of Congress. University Bans Controversial Links The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student organization to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site, citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act. [CNet] Homefront Confidential: The USA PATRIOT Act Analysis of the act's impact on journalism. PATRIOT Games Comments about surveillance powers, by Derek Jennings. [The Independent Weekly] The Patriot Act Discussion of the act's effect on civil liberties. [PBS NewsHour] Senators Table Patriot Act Measure Story of a man handcuffed and questioned by police. [Santa Fe New Mexican] Republicans Want Terror Law Made Permanent New York Times article reports that some Congressmen want to repeal the Patriot Act's sunset provisions, but others oppose sacrificing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism. [Requires free registration.] Justice Dept. Lists Use of New Power to Fight Terror "In the most detailed public accounting of how it had used its expanded powers to fight terrorism, the Justice Department released information today showing that federal agents had conducted hundreds of bugging and surveillance operations and visited numerous libraries and mosques using new law enforcement tools." [New York Times] The Price of Freedom "If the Patriot Act took our liberties away, would we notice?" Slate commentary by Michael Kinsley. Patriot Act Abuses Seen A report by internal investigators at the Justice Department has identified dozens of recent cases in which department employees have been accused of serious civil rights and civil liberties violations involving enforcement of the sweeping federal antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act. [CBS News] |
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