Patriots Law

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Patriots Law

The Patriot Law is the act of Congress that was passed into law in October 2001 by the president George W. Bush. The Act is significant to the public as it majorly concerns uniting and strengthening people of America through the providence of appropriate techniques necessary to obstruct and intercept terrorism Act after the September 2001 attack. The USA Patriot Act has the intention of playing a part in assisting the government interventions to become aware of and avert the likely attack either by the terrorist groups or individuals. After the significant terrorist attack, the nation’s attitude towards terrorism momentously changed and active measures were taken to improve people’s security. For instance, there is an advancement in security practices through domestic surveillance, screening at the airport and monitoring of internet as well as social media activities among other measures that have ascertained security efficiency. In this paper, the Patriot law now and there before as well as how it has significantly changed are illustrated to a profound extent.

The big question that still lingers in many peoples’ minds up to date is on the techniques to be applied to ensure a balance between protecting the liberties and enhancing publics’ well-being. The terror attack leading to the fell of Twins Tower provoked not only the government thoughts on how people can be secured and live free but also the civilians at the individual level. The act of President Bush passing the Patriot Law was a critical decision on preventing plans of the terrorists who took advantage of America’s freedom to commit to the unthinkable and commitment to the nation’s liberty (Boykoff, 2015). The fact remains that even if the public depends on the constitution, it also depends on their commitment and interest when making it enhance appropriate safety measures where the nation is free from terrorism.

The congress passed the Patriot Act back in the year 2001, but there were aware it could be perfect with all the heat and tension created at that time by the terrorist attack. Therefore, they significantly enhanced the constitution’s flexibility in that there will be a possibility of making relevant changes and fill the gaps that may need rectification with time. It was done through providence in the statute that required the re-authorization of the strategic provisions (Cole, 2014). The three major provisions that are currently set include authorization of the security body to use roving wiretaps on the reconnaissance targets and let the government have right to use to any tangible items that will be suspected to contain relevant information in the progress of surveillance. Furthermore, permitting for the investigation of targets who do not have a relationship to the recognized fanatic group.

The program changed through significant expansion and began to put in enormous consideration information from the nation’s citizens which were not the case there before. Among the things that the government start taking are the vast amount of cellular phone metadata from the companies dealing communication strategies. The metadata regards establishing information from the unsuspected citizens regarding the time when the call was made, the duration of the call and the sender and receiver of the call. Now the government agency would approach the communication companies in a more advanced manner instead of collecting first-hand information (Pike, 2015).

As discussed above, the Patriot Law has brought significant changes which have led to a vast improvement in security measures reducing instances or terrorist attacks. For instance, the roving wiretap enables the national security agency to the truck public in various electronic devices without individuals’ recognition of which one was used making it easier to identify terrorism plans.

References

Boykoff, J. (2015). How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism.

Cole, D. (2014). Report on the Telephone Records Program Conducted under Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act and on the Operations of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court.

Pike, G. H. (2015). Legal Issues: USA Patriot Act Still Raising Questions.