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cm0002@no.lastname.nz to X years ago today@reddthat.com · 8 days ago

25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.

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25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.

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Patriot Act - Wikipedia
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Patriot Act Titles

  • Title I: Enhancing Domestic Security against Terrorism
  • Title II: Enhanced Surveillance Procedures
  • Title III:
    • International Money Laundering Abatement and Anti-terrorist Financing Act of 2001
    • Bank Secrecy Act Amendments and Related Improvements
  • Title IV: Protecting the border
  • Title V: Removing obstacles to investigating terrorism
  • Title VI: Providing for victims of terrorism, public safety officers and their families
  • Title VII: Increased information sharing for critical infrastructure protection
  • Title VIII: Strengthening the criminal laws against terrorism
  • Title IX: Improved intelligence
  • Title X: Miscellaneous

See also:

  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_invocations_of_the_Patriot_Act
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Security_Act_2001 - similar law passed in the UK the following month
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act - followup passed by Obama in 2015 to make permanent some aspects of PATRIOT which were due to sunset
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  • Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe
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    8 days ago

    And since then every congress and president have kept it alive

    They’re all complicit.

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    One small step for Congress, one giant leap for fascism.

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