yxc999 comments on 25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more.

25 years ago today, the USA PATRIOT Act was signed into law by President George W. Bush, authorizing indefinite detention without trial, warrantless surveillance and physical searches, and much more. (en.wikipedia.org)

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Patriot Act Titles

See also:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Controversial_invocations_of_the_Patriot_Act
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anti-terrorism,_Crime_and_Security_Act_2001 - similar law passed in the UK the following month
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/USA_Freedom_Act - followup passed by Obama in 2015 to make permanent some aspects of PATRIOT which were due to sunset

[–] yxc999@lemmy.ml 6 points 1 week ago*

Same as with all the children-safety bullshit lately. They intentionally name it something that you would be insane to disagree with. "WHAT DO YOU MEAN YOU ARE AGAINST THE CHILD SAFETY ACT, ARE YOU A PEDOPHILE?" No, I just refuse to scan my face for my 19 year old e-mail account you dickhead.

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