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You've heard of this, right?

Author: jimbasil (52634 Posts - Joined: Nov 15, 2007)
Posted at 11:51 pm on Dec 16, 2022
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The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) was a landmark Act of the United States Congress, signed into law by President George W. Bush. The formal name of the statute is the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, and the commonly used short name is a contrived acronym that is embedded in the name set forth in the statute.[1]

The Patriot Act was enacted following the September 11 attacks and the 2001 anthrax attacks with the stated goal of tightening U.S. national security, particularly as it related to foreign terrorism. In general, the act included three main provisions:

expanded surveillance abilities of law enforcement, including by tapping domestic and international phones;
easier interagency communication to allow federal agencies to more effectively use all available resources in counterterrorism efforts; and
increased penalties for terrorism crimes and an expanded list of activities which would qualify for terrorism charges.
The law is controversial due to its authorization of indefinite detention without trial of immigrants, and due to the permission given to law enforcement to search property and records without a warrant, consent, or knowledge. (Though generally, they need a warrant or consent to conduct the search.)[2] Since its passage, several legal challenges have been brought against the act, and federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.

It contains many sunset provisions beginning December 31, 2005, approximately four years after its passage. Before the sunset date, an extension was passed for four years which kept most of the law intact. In May 2011, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunset Extensions Act of 2011, which extended three provisions.[3] These provisions were modified and extended until 2019 by the USA Freedom Act, passed in 2015.[4] In 2020, efforts to extend the provisions were not passed by the House of Representatives, and as such, the law has expired


Link: You should read this whole thing. It's an amazing document - tell me how upset you are now

Jack, he is a banker
and Jane, she is a clerk

Replies to: "You've heard of this, right?"

  • Twitter Files Part 6: The FBI had 80 agents working on Twitter accounts. [NT] - Irishize - 7:25pm 12/16/22 (33) [View All]
    • Not sure the implication of 'FBI = Liberal' fits... [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 12:09am 12/18/22
      • Nobody implied that. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 12:36am 12/18/22
        • The implication by Trump supporters (Incl. FOX) has been that the FBI was politically motivated [LINK] - TyroneIrish - 1:45am 12/18/22
    • Easy way to follow nuts, extremists and criminals. [NT] - FinnMcCool - 7:51pm 12/16/22
      • That's not all they were doing though. - jabbadoody5 - 7:37am 12/17/22
        • It's most interesting that people concerned with fascism and authoritarianism - iairishcheeks - 1:24pm 12/17/22
          • It could be interesting. - jabbadoody5 - 1:29pm 12/17/22
      • Yes, antifa was indeed using it to coordinate terrorist attacks. [NT] - jakers - 9:28pm 12/16/22
        • They can’t lose face publicly. But we all know for sure now that this was happening as suspected. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 11:48pm 12/16/22
    • Violations of the First Amendment are a nothingburger. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 7:38pm 12/16/22
      • How is it Violations of the First Amendment? [NT] - jimbasil - 7:44pm 12/16/22
        • How is it a violation for the Federal government to participate in the suppression of speech? - jabbadoody5 - 9:43pm 12/16/22
          • Yes, that is the question - Are you not able to answer it? Ya see, you think you're being sarcastic - jimbasil - 10:08pm 12/16/22
            • FBI personnel were sending emails to Twitter Mods to take action on individual accounts. - jabbadoody5 - 12:01am 12/17/22
              • 80 agents, unreal. [NT] - Frankx - 9:51am 12/17/22
                • What's more "unreal" is that the trash on this board continue to ignore key facts - jabbadoody5 - 9:59am 12/17/22
        • I believe that the First Amendment specifically mentions twitter - Chris94 - 9:11pm 12/16/22
          • Yep, let's just continue to ignore the govt's involvement in this. [NT] - jabbadoody5 - 12:04am 12/17/22
          • Listen to yourself defending the indefensible that you would have denied even happened if not - BaronVonZemo - 11:43pm 12/16/22
            • You've heard of this, right? [LINK] - jimbasil - 11:51pm 12/16/22
              • Patriot Act doesn’t allow for officials to target politically or influencing elections. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 12:39am 12/17/22
                • You might want to read it before you comment. [NT] - jimbasil - 1:46am 12/17/22
                  • You definitely should, but you won't, nor do you care if your told not to do so by the Dem media. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 2:53am 12/17/22
                    • That makes zero sense. [NT] - jimbasil - 6:02am 12/17/22
        • Yeah, I didn't think you'd have an answer. [NT] - jimbasil - 9:03pm 12/16/22
          • Talking to yourself again ? Seek help [NT] - ColeyO - 9:34pm 12/16/22
            • You're tediously dull. [NT] - jimbasil - 11:27pm 12/16/22
              • Liberalism Rule #1....and zero self awareness. [NT] - BaronVonZemo - 3:13am 12/17/22
                • You realize these continued rule posts are nonsense. [NT] - jimbasil - 6:04am 12/17/22
          • Censorship by proxy. Clear violation of the 1st Amendment. [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 9:10pm 12/16/22
            • Do you know the first amendment? Prolly not so I'll help you with this. [LINK] - jimbasil - 9:30pm 12/16/22
              • Prolly? Genius! [NT] - irishsmashmouth - 11:22pm 12/16/22
                • Another thing you just don't know, but I'll help you again. - jimbasil - 11:25pm 12/16/22
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