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What is the Protect America Act? Dispelling the Myths
Recent Congressional Testimony/Letters
Releases/Transcripts
Text of the Protect America act
April 2007 FISA Modernization Proposal
What is the USA Patriot Web
Testimony
Dispelling the Myths
Passed by Congress
Congress Speaks
Responding to Congress
Text of the Patriot Act
Highlights of the USA PATRIOT Act
Delayed Notice Search Warrants: A Vital and Time-Honored Tool for Fighting Crime
Field Report on the PATRIOT Act
The Department of Justice's first priority is to prevent future terrorist attacks. Since its passage following the September 11, 2001 attacks, the Patriot Act has played a key part - and often the leading role - in a number of successful operations to protect innocent Americans from the deadly plans of terrorists dedicated to destroying America and our way of life. While the results have been important, in passing the Patriot Act, Congress provided for only modest, incremental changes in the law. Congress simply took existing legal principles and retrofitted them to preserve the lives and liberty of the American people from the challenges posed by a global terrorist network. PDF version
The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty
(Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism)
Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism: The USA Patriot Act was passed nearly unanimously by the Senate 98-1, and 357-66 in the House, with the support of members from across the political spectrum. The Act Improves Our Counter-Terrorism Efforts in Several Significant Ways: