Monday, November 26, 2007

The US Patriot Act

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_PATRIOT_Act
This site offers a very comprehensive look into the patriot act; anyone interested in learning more about it should give this a read.

Some of the changes the Act brought about include:

- Giving the law enforcement the rights to look into e-mail and telephone lines, and medical and financial records as well.

- Gave Secretary of State more power with financial relations

- Enhanced power of law enforcement to detain immigrants

- And gave police the right to search homes without a warrant

These are just some of the changes made, all of which take away from our civil liberties that are supposed to be undenyable according to the Constitution.

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