Terrorism

Paper Summary:

The paper provides three definitions of terrorism and explores the relevant powers of US law enforcement agencies. The paper discusses how President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency to intercept the international communications of people with known links to al Qaida or other terrorist organizations. The paper discusses the broad powers that the Patriot Act, enacted after September 11, provided American local, state and federal agencies. The paper shows how the Patriot Act opened an arsenal of tools to investigate, prosecute and deter terrorist activities.

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"In October 2001, President George W. Bush authorized the National Security Agency "to intercept the international communications of people with know links to al Qaida and related terrorist organizations" (Donohue 2006). When news of the program became public knowledge in 2005, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales defended Bush's power to ignore warrants required under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act or Title III of the Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act, for Congress had authorized the President to "use all necessary and appropriate force against those nations, organizations, or persons he determines planned, authorized, committed, or aided" the September 11th attacks (Donohue 2006). Prior to the twentieth century, the use of surveillance for national security reasons was generally limited to times of actual war (Donohue 2006)."

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