The USA Patriot Act

The United States Patriot Patriarch Act The United States is a country based on the principle of balancing individual rights while still maintaining public order. The US Constitution (in particular the Bill of Rights) guarantees the rights of certain individuals of all Americans. Among these rights are unreasonable search and exclusion of attacks, the right to the proper procedure of the law, and the prevention of cruel and unusual punishment (fixes 4, 5 and 8). Historically, the criminal justice system has retained these rights of criminal suspects.

The American Patriot Act was approved by three bills. The first one is the 2005 American Patriot and the Anti-Terrorism Reauthorization Act passed by both Houses in July 2005. This bill reapproves the provisions of the American Patriot Act and the Information Reform and Terrorism Prevention Act of 2004. It has created new provisions for the death penalty for terrorists, strengthening the safety of the port, fighting new measures for terrorist financing, new powers of secret service, anti-methylamphetamine initiatives and several other provisions It was. Second re-approval law passed in February 2006, amendment revision approval law of the United States Patriot Act in 2006

In the House of Representatives, the Senate held the United States Patriot Act to supervise the hearing. From this week Congress will review several parts that controversy the US Patriot Act and will hold several hearings to give the government greater investigative authority. Many of these regulations are expected to expire at the end of the year unless the competent authority proposes to renew the contract. Last month, EPIC submitted a FOIA request (pdf) to the FBI asking how government agencies have used the expanded search authority under the sunset provisions of the US Patriot Act. (6 April 2005)

Another controversial aspect of the American Patriot Act is its impact on the privacy of Canadians living in British Columbia (BC). British Columbia's privacy commissioner expressed concern about the US Patriot Act, allowing the US government to acquire Canadian personal information (such as individual medical records) and entrust it to a US company. The BC state government has taken measures to prevent information acquisition by US authorities, but the extensive powers of the American Patriot Act can overcome the law that Canada passed. In a report on the influence of the American Patriot Act, David Loukidelis, BC Privacy Protection Committee, said, "If information is sent across national borders, management is difficult if not impossible."

Report: The American Patriot Act legislates Canadians' privacy. British Columbia State Information and Privacy Commissioner reports that the United States Patriot Act infringes the British Columbia Privacy Act and found that the US government can obtain personal information about Canadians under the Act pdf) was issued. The report concludes that under the US law that is controversial, changes in privacy laws and other measures are necessary to protect British Colombians from personal attacks. (November 1, 2004)