Assertion: mass surveillance | /r/CapableOf | continue on annual basis
Facets:
value: by president barack obama
type: OTHER
Source sentences:
text: Contemporary mass surveillance relies upon annual presidential executive orders declaring a continued State of National Emergency, first signed by George W. Bush on September 14, 2001 and then continued on an annual basis by President Barack Obama, and upon several subsequent national security Acts including the USA PATRIOT Act and FISA Amendment Act's PRISM surveillance program.