Josh W EE 2014-2015

The following hypertext and text-only representations of this article are based on the original PDF version and are produced here with permission of the authors, John Whitehead and Steven Aden, of The Rutherford Institute. The essay provides an informative, detailed review and analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, also known as Ashcroft's police-state bill.

A grand jury is a legal body that is empowered to conduct official proceedings to investigate potential criminal conduct and to determine whether criminal charges should be brought. A grand jury may compel the production of documents and may compel the sworn testimony of witnesses to appear before it.

The following hypertext and text-only representations of this article are based on the original PDF version and are produced here with permission of the authors, John Whitehead and Steven Aden, of The Rutherford Institute. The essay provides an informative, detailed review and analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, also known as Ashcroft's police-state bill.

Ashton Lundeby, 16, is being held under the USA Patriot Act on a criminal complaint that a bomb threat was made from his Oxford home the night of Feb. 15.

In February 2011, Congress is due to review expiring USA Patriot Act provisions, surveillance laws that are unconstitutional or have been abused to spy on innocent people. The ACLU is urging Congress to examine the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) and all US surveillance laws and make much-needed changes.

Ladies and Gentlemen: I am glad you gave an award to the press tonight, because that gave them the opportunity to tell us just what they could do. Now we have come here tonight because of civil liberties.

Section 215 allows the FBI to order any person or entity to turn over "any tangible things," so long as the FBI "specif[ies]" that the order is "for an authorized investigation . . . to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities."

What You Should Know On May 26, 2011, Congress passed a four-year extension of three expiring Patriot Act provisions without making much-needed changes to the overly broad surveillance bill. The extended provisions are set now set to expire on June 1, 2015.