Military Law
Nov. 13, 2001
Americans Under Scuitiny
The U.S. Act to Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, or PATRIOT Act, the Bush Administration's new anti-terrorism legislation, is now law. It was passed by Congress in near record time, after only one public hearing and little debate. Along the way, the House leadership torpedoed a more carefully crafted bill that had been unanimously approved by the House Judiciary Committee.
The U.S. Act to Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism, or PATRIOT Act, the Bush Administration's new anti-terrorism legislation, is now law. It was passed by Congress in near record time, after only one public hearing and little debate. Along the way, the House leadership torpedoed a more carefully crafted bill that h...
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