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_d163504
020 _a978-0313341427
040 _cCUS
082 _a345.7302
_bFOE/P
100 _aFoerstel, Herbert N.
245 4 _aThe Patriot Act: a documentary and reference guide/
_cHerbert N. Foerstel.
260 _aLondon:
_bGreenwood Press,
_c2008.
300 _axix, 233 p.
505 _a1. The Library Awareness Program: Precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act FBI Visit to Columbia University Makes Front'Page News FBI Assistant Director James H. Geer Describes Library Awareness Program Congress Condemns Library Awareness Program as the FBI Defends It Critics of Library Awareness Program Go Public but Suffer Consequences State Contidentialiry Laws as Bulwark against Library Surveillance 2. The Legislative Response to 9/11: Conceived under Siege, Passed in Haste After 9/11, President Bush Addresses the Nation and Congress Pledges Sididarity Removing Restraints from FISA and Other Surveillance Statutes Congressit>nai Bill Hijacked by the Justice Department Limited Debate Threatens Constitutionality of Patriot Act After the Votes Are Cast, the Battle Lines Are Drawn 3. The USA PATRIOT Act: The Bill That Defined America's Domestic War on Terrorism The USA PATRIOT Act Sharing Investigative Information Sneak and Peek: Secret Search Warrants Seizing "Any Tangible Things": Section 215 of the Patriot Act Detention of Suspected Terrorists A New Definition of Terrorism 4. Domestic Surveillance under the Patriot Act Searches and Seizures under the Patriot Act Gag Orders Impede Documentation of Patriot Acr Surveillance Library Surveys Reveal FBI Surveillance Attorney General John Ashcroft Ridicules Charges of Library Surveillance Preparing for FBI Visits to Libraries 5. Detention, Deportation, Exclusion, and Expropriation Sacrificing Their Liberty for Our Security Deportation and Exclusion under the Patriot Act Interrogation and Detention of Immigrants Seizing Assets under the Patriot Act Measuring Patriot Act Success: Harassing Aliens or Catching Terrorists? 6. Congressional Oversight of the Patriot Act Congress Includes Oversight Requirements in the Patriot Act Senate Faces Difficulties in Oversight of the Justice Department The House of Representatives Demands Answers from the Justice Department The Attorney General and Deputy Attorney General on the Congressional Hot Seat Inspector General Reports Find Fault with Patriot Act Implementation 7. Amendments and Legal Challenges to the Patriot Act The Freedom to Read Protection Act Amendments Languish in Committee, But Their Language Influences Events Secret EISA Court Renders Unprecedented Rebuff to the Patriot Act ACLU FOIA Suits Shed Light on Implementation of the Patriot Act District Court Rules NSL Gag Orders Unconstitutional 8. Reauthorization and Beyond: The New and Improved Patriot Act The USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005 FISA Orders, National Security Letters, and Gag Orders Roving Wiretaps and Sneak and Peek Warrants Permanence and Sunsets New Oversight Provisions in the Reauthorization Act Minor Provision in the Reauthorization Act Causes a Major Scandal Inspector General's Report Reveals FBI Ahuse of National Security Letters
650 _aTerrorism--Prevention
650 _aTerrorism--Prevention--Law and legislation
650 _aLibrary surveillance
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