The Patriot Act

Extraits

[...] Bush How ? October 10th Anti terrorism bill (goes to Senate, and passes Judiciary Committee) What ? Tracking and Gathering Communications What ? Foreign Intelligence Investigations What ? Money Laundering But Some provisions have no apparent connection with terrorism But Now here is where my caution in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and my concerns over the reach of the anti-terrorism bill come together. To the extent that the expansive new immigration powers that the bill grants to the Attorney General are subject to abuse, who do we think that is most likely to bear the brunt of the abuse? [...]

[...] Senator Russ Feingold Patriot Act : the second Act Domestic Security Enhancement Act January –November pages Contents : ADN data base of suspected foreigners and of US citizens suspected of terrorism involvement “Expatriation of terrorists the access to the information in case of industrial catastrophe would be controlled Stopping judicial proceedings about monitoring activities Secret detentions in case of terrorism , and those who are concerned would be out of “Freedom of Information National Security Letters (LSN) Reactions and consequences Reactions Silence excepted in CPI, Washington Post Objective newspapers? Direct consequences of the Patriot Act Controlling the entrance into the USA Biometric passport Enforced control at the frontier Problem of privacy on the Internet ? [...]

[...] I will work closely with the House and Senate to make sure that we are not without this crucial law for even a day. G.W. Bush How ? October 10th Anti terrorism bill (goes to Senate, and passes Judiciary Committee) What ? Tracking and Gathering Communications What ? Foreign Intelligence Investigations What ? Money Laundering But Some provisions have no apparent connection with terrorism But Now here is where my caution in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and my concerns over the reach of the anti-terrorism bill come together. [...]

[...] Euro patriot act ? Context : bombing attack in London , Madrid EU Initiatives : 2001 : special incriminations for terrorism list of terrorist organizations, and special monitoring of people in contact with them . 2004-2005 : data base of terrorists? December 2005 : Keeping information about phone calls and e-mails ( 6 to 24 months) Notion of “Important crime” Euro Patriot Act ? National initiatives GB : 2001-2005 : detention of suspected terrorists 2005 :Tony Blair's failure in front of Law Lords France : Enhancing monitoring (video, identity controls, Police access to phone calls and emails, special juridictions for terrorists) Amendments Belgium Prolongation of the Patriot Act End of the Patriot Act expected: July 2005 : 14 out of 16 acts become final. [...]

[...] Bush How ? October 10th Anti terrorism bill (goes to Senate, and passes Judiciary Committee) What ? Tracking and Gathering Communications What ? Foreign Intelligence Investigations What ? Money Laundering But Some provisions have no apparent connection with terrorism But Now here is where my caution in the aftermath of the terrorist attacks and my concerns over the reach of the anti-terrorism bill come together. To the extent that the expansive new immigration powers that the bill grants to the Attorney General are subject to abuse, who do we think that is most likely to bear the brunt of the abuse? [...]