User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond

By Robert P. Abele

Book Overview

A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond examines the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress six weeks after the horrific events of September 11, 2001. The book summarizes other programs put into operation to severely curtail the civil liberties of Americans, including a second, more intrusive PATRIOT Act, and other proposed programs and laws that attack privacy, probably cause, due process, and free speech.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0761830596
• ISBN13: 9780761830597
• Release Date: November 2004
• Publisher: University Press of America
• Length: 132 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.7" x 8.5"