PATRIOT Act

GPTKB entity

Statements (50)
Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:United_States_federal_law
gptkbp:affects gptkb:Fourth_Amendment_rights
privacy law
First Amendment rights
gptkbp:allows roving wiretaps
access to business records
surveillance of suspected terrorists
sneak and peek searches
gptkbp:amendedBy gptkb:USA_Freedom_Act
gptkbp:citation gptkb:Edward_Snowden_disclosures
gptkbp:containsProvision Section 802
Section 206
Section 213
Section 215
Section 218
Section 505
gptkbp:controversy privacy rights
civil liberties concerns
mass surveillance
gptkbp:criticizedFor gptkb:American_Civil_Liberties_Union
gptkb:Electronic_Frontier_Foundation
gptkbp:dateEnacted October 26, 2001
gptkbp:enactedBy gptkb:United_States_Congress
gptkbp:expandedPowerOf gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
intelligence agencies
law enforcement agencies
gptkbp:expiredSections Section 206
Section 215
Section 6001
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label PATRIOT Act
gptkbp:officialName gptkb:Uniting_and_Strengthening_America_by_Providing_Appropriate_Tools_Required_to_Intercept_and_Obstruct_Terrorism_Act_of_2001
gptkbp:purpose to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools
to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world
gptkbp:reauthorizedIn 2005
2006
2011
2015
gptkbp:relatedTo gptkb:Foreign_Intelligence_Surveillance_Act
gptkb:USA_Freedom_Act
gptkb:Homeland_Security_Act
gptkbp:replacedBy USA Freedom Act (in part)
gptkbp:response gptkb:September_11_attacks
gptkbp:shortName gptkb:USA_PATRIOT_Act
gptkbp:signedBy gptkb:George_W._Bush
gptkbp:sunsetProvision several sections expired or were reauthorized
gptkbp:supportedBy gptkb:Department_of_Justice
gptkb:Federal_Bureau_of_Investigation
gptkbp:title gptkb:Public_Law_107-56
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:NSA_warrantless_surveillance_controversy
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6