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... The Patriotic Act contains provisions that would criminalize people’s expressions of their political views. Thought Police, in the book 1984, would punish, perhaps vaporize (capital punishment) a person expressing their discontent. ... The Patriot Act expands the federal government’s authority to investigate American citizens. The Patriot Act has played a key part however, and is often the leading role in a number of successful operations to protect innocent Americans from the deadly plans of terrorists dedicated to destroying America. So what specific powers does the Patriotic Act give the government? ... The Act was released within 45 days after Sept. ... 120), a rushed through Act. ... In deciding to speak against the Patriotic Act the risk of being labeled as disloyal and unpatriotic are at a potentially high risk, making Orwell’s thought of Thought Police a reality. The Act enables investigators to gather information when looking into the full range of terrorism-related crimes and permits law enforcement to conduct electronic surveillance to investigate many ordinary, non-terrorism crimes, such as drug crimes and mail fraud. (Patriotic Act: Sec. ... Instead The Bush Administration is preparing sequel to the Patriot Act, a draft, called Patriot Act II, has been done but has not yet to be released by the Department of Justice. All citizens understand that in times of war their liberties will be cut short for a period of time until the situation is handled, the Patriot Act II is that it does not set a time limit for reinstating civil liberties, it eliminates the time limit written into the original Patriot Act (Welch M. ... First, the Act places our First Amendment rights to freedom of speech in jeopardy.
Approximate Word count = 1350
Approximate Pages = 5.4
(250 words per page double spaced)
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