"Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001"
-A "direct answer" to the terroristic attacks on 9/11
"The Act increases the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone, e-mail communications, medical, financial and other records; eases restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expands the United States Secretary of the Treasury authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and enhances the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting Immigration in the United States suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied."
(quote: Wikipedia)
What it does:
- It allows the police, secret service, etc. to arrest any American as well as non-American citizen for an undefined time.
- To examine any suspect -with torture "if necessary"
- It allows any secret service to search the house of a suspect undercover
- Any form of communication (Internet,phone, etc) of a suspect can be monitored without an approval by any court
