Debunking the Patriot Act as It Turns 15

["Dave Farber" <farber () gmail com>]

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> From: Richard Forno <rforno () infowarrior org>
> Date: October 26, 2016 at 5:00:12 PM EDT
> To: Infowarrior List <infowarrior () attrition org>
> Cc: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
> Subject: Debunking the Patriot Act as It Turns 15
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> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/debunking-patriot-act-it-turns-15
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> October 26, 2016 | By Kate Tummarello
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> Debunking the Patriot Act as It Turns 15
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> The Patriot Act turns 15 today, but that’s nothing to celebrate.
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> Since President George W. Bush signed this bill into law on October 26, 2001, the Patriot Act has been ardently 
> defended by its supporters in the intelligence community and harshly criticized by members of Congress, the tech 
> industry, and privacy advocates like us. Despite the debates that have unfolded over the last 15 years, including 
> last year’s reforms through the USA FREEDOM Act, there’s still a lot to learn about this controversial law.
>
> Introduced in the wake of the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, the Patriot Act opened up new justifications 
> and methods for U.S. surveillance. In recent years, the debate around the law has focused on the sweeping phone 
> records surveillance exposed by former NSA contractor Edward Snowden in 2013, but there are many aspects to the 
> statute and how it came to be that are unfamiliar to many.
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> In honor of the law’s 15th anniversary, here are 15 things you might not know about the Patriot Act.
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> https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2016/10/debunking-patriot-act-it-turns-15
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