The USA Patriot Act of 2001
Subtitle: balancing civil liberties and national security : a reference handbook
By: Howard Ball.
Series: Contemporary world issues series; Contemporary world issues
Publisher: ABC-CLIO; ABC-CLIO, LLC
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Santa Barbara, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 265
Subjects: United States; Civil rights -- United States; Internal security -- United States; National security -- Law and legislation -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention
Other titles: U.S.A. Patriot Act of 2001; Uniting and Strengthening America Patriot Act of 2001
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 215-220) and index.
Table of contents: title: Terrorist actions against Americans and governmental efforts to protect national security before September 11, 2001; title: September 11, 2001, and the passage of the USA Patriot Act of 2001; title: The critics of the 2001 Patriot Act : civil liberties endangered by the imperatives of national security; title: The Bush administration's aggressive defense of the 2001 USA Patriot Act and its "floating" of Patriot Act II; title: Key players, organizations, and governmental responses : U.S. national security and the 2001 Patriot Act; title: Documents; title: Directory of major organizations involved with the USA Patriot Act of 2001; title: Bibliography.