Question

PART B: Which detail from the text best supports the answer to Part A?

A. "John Ashcroft, who was then attorney general, loosened restrictions on the
F.B.IL's investigative powers, giving the bureau greater ability to visit and monitor
Web sites" (Paragraph 3)
B. "prompted charges from civil rights advocates that the government had
improperly blurred the line between terrorism and acts of civil disobedience and
lawful protest." (Paragraph 4)
C. “the F.B.I. has used employees, interns and other confidential informants within
groups slike PETA and Greenpeace to develop leads on potential criminal activity"
(Paragraph 15)
D. "the F.B.I. estimated that in the past 10 years such groups had engaged in more
than 1,000 criminal acts causing more than $100 million in damage." (Paragraph
18)

Answer 1

The detail that best supports the idea of the US government overstepping civil liberties is the criticism from civil rights advocates about the blurring of lines between terrorism and lawful protest.

Step-by-step explanation:

The detail from the text that best supports the contention that laws and actions such as the USA PATRIOT Act may have been used to overstep civil liberties is "prompted charges from civil rights advocates that the government had improperly blurred the line between terrorism and acts of civil disobedience and lawful protest." (Paragraph 4).

This statement points directly to the criticism that federal government powers, as expanded by the Patriot Act, have potentially been applied in a manner that confounds legitimate dissent with terrorism, thereby infringing upon the protected rights to free speech and protest.