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The Patriot Act: Section 215

Introduction

The Patriot Act of the United States is an acronym for “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”. This law was passed by the United States on October 24 2001, following the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. In fact, the effect of this law was based substantially on an earlier U.S. law in 1978, the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (Act foreign intelligence surveillance), to substantially increase the powers of the U.S. authorities (FBI, CIA, NSA, and U.S. armed forces) for the purpose of obtaining ...