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USA PATRIOT Act: Do New Electronic Surveillance Laws Go Too Far?

With troops overseas in the Middle East, Americans are increasingly on edge about the possibility of terrorists attacks on U.S. soil. Now that Coalition forces are engaged in intense fighting in Iraq, the chance of an attack appears to be looming. On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked four U.S. commercial airliners and crashed two into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and the fourth in a field in Pennsylvania (Frank 5). On this day in history Americans sat glued to their televisions watching helplessly as the 110-story twin towers crumbled to the ground. This event which took less than two hours changed our lives and country forever (Frank 4). In the aftermath of these horrible events, the United States government found it necessary to create a new law so this type of atrocity could never happen again. On October 26, 2001 President George W. Bush signed the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Te...

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