Question

Select the correct answer.

What was a provision of the USA Patriot Act?
A.
The government could eavesdrop on telephone calls and privileged conversations between prisoners and their lawyers.
B.
The government could prosecute individual citizens for not supporting the War on Terror.
C.
The government could violate due process laws if a citizen was deemed to be unpatriotic.
D.
The government could require citizens to swear an oath of patriotism if they were deemed a threat to the country.
E.
The government could pass legislation without the sufficient number of votes if it was deemed essential to US safety.

Answer 1

Bush signed into law the USA PATRIOT Act of 20012, a comprehensive anti-terrorism law that implements a broad array of measures aimed at increasing national security, improving surveillance of terrorist activities, easing information sharing, and combating money laundering.

Answer 2

A provision of the USA Patriot Act is that the government could eavesdrop on telephone calls and privileged conversations between prisoners and their lawyers.

• The USA PATRIOT Act was signed by President Bush into law.

• USA PATRIOT simply stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.

• The USA Patriot Act was out in place in order to deter and punish any act of terrorism in the United States and in other parts of the world.

• A provision of the USA Patriot Act was that the government could eavesdrop on telephone calls and privileged conversations between prisoners and their lawyers.