Patriot Act

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This paper examines the Patriot Act and explains that its objectives include provisions for providing the U.S. with the instruments necessary to combat and prevent future acts of terrorism. The paper argues that the Act, however, is limited on many levels and does not necessarily achieve the objective of preventing terrorism; rather, it imposes limitations on civil liberties and causes unnecessary fears to be raised in the minds and hearts of the American people.

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"Certain constraints evident in achieving the goals of the Act are presented by clientele opinion, the courts, agency staff, federal rules and even the culture within the U.S. Many argue that provisions in the Patriot Act are not compatible with the U.S. culture, which supports the idea that the government should be charged with "defending life, liberty, and property against both domestic and foreign predators" (Levy, 2003). Though in theory, the act was established to support these causes, many would argue that it in effect denies certain civil liberties and causes immigrants and non-citizens to carelessly be classified as foreign predators in many situations (Levy, 2003)."

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