USA PATRIOT

[kentuck]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act

<snip>
(USA PATRIOT) that stands for Uniting (and) Strengthening America (by) Providing Appropriate Tools Required (to) Intercept (and) Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001.

<snip>
It is commonly referred to as the Patriot Act.

The act, as a response to the terrorist attacks of September 11th, significantly weakened restrictions on law enforcement agencies' gathering of intelligence within the United States; expanded the Secretary of the Treasury’s authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and broadened the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting immigrants suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA PATRIOT Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.

On May 26, 2011, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011,[2] a four-year extension of three key provisions in the USA PATRIOT Act:[3] roving wiretaps, searches of business records (the "library records provision&quot , and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves"—individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups.

...more

[Warren DeMontague]

1. Which is why those sooooper dooooper terror-fightin' powers are overwhelmingly used...

for small-time drug cases.