Patriot Act
Subtitle: a documentary and reference guide
By: Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Sanford Berman.
Publisher: Greenwood Press
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Westport, CT
Language: eng
Number of pages: 233
ISBN-13: 9780313341427
Subjects: United States; War on Terrorism, 2001- -- Law and legislation -- United States; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; Library surveillance -- United States; Domestic surveillance -- United States
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.
Table of contents: title: The Library Awareness Program : precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act; title: The legislative response to 9/11 : conceived under siege, passed in haste; title: The USA PATORIT Act : the bill that defined America's domestic war on terrorism; title: Domestic surveillance under the Patriot Act; title: Detention, deportation, exclusion, and expropriation; title: Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act; title: Amendments and legal challenges to the Patriot Act; title: Reauthorization and beyond : the new and improved patriot act.