Hey all you quasi intelligent intellectual educated DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN people . Give yourselves an "ATTA BOY" & a slap on the back for a job well done . Because YOU VOTED FOR IT 
I remember their were some people like me warning people about the Patriot Act a long time ago after that inside job in NYC . All the talking heads laughed & said you're a conspiracy wack job & they had great fun just like you're doing now with the RONA .
Just remember , the DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN PARTY will take care of you
The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) is an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. USA PATRIOT is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.[2]
Since its passage, several court challenges have been brought against the act, and federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.
Many of the act's provisions were set to expire at sunset on December 31, 2005, approximately four years after its enactment. In the months preceding the sunset date, supporters of the act pushed to make those provisions permanent, while critics sought to revise various sections to enhance civil liberties protections. In July 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a reauthorization bill with substantial changes to several of the act's sections, while the House reauthorization bill kept most of the act's original language. The two bills were then reconciled in a conference committee criticized by Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties for ignoring civil liberty concerns.[6]
The bill, which removed most of the changes from the Senate version, passed Congress on March 2, 2006, and was signed by President Bush on March 9 and 10 of that year.
On May 11, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011, a four-year extension of three key provisions in the Act:[7] roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" (individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups).[8]
After reauthorization bills failed to pass Congress, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015.[9] The USA Freedom Act, which became law on June 2, 2015, reenacted these expired sections through 2019.[10] However, Section 215 of the law was amended to disallow the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its mass phone data collection program.[10] Instead, phone companies will retain the data and the NSA can obtain information about targeted individuals with a federal search warrant.[10]
In November 2019, the renewal of the Patriot Act was included in the stop-gap legislation[11] The expired provisions required renewal by March 15, 2020.[12] The Senate passed a 77-day extension in March 2020, but the House of Representatives did not pass the legislation before departing for recess on March 27, 2020.[13][14][15][16]
On May 19, 2020, the Senate voted to give law enforcement agencies (FBI and CIA) the power to look into US citizens' browser history without a warrant.[17][18][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
I remember their were some people like me warning people about the Patriot Act a long time ago after that inside job in NYC . All the talking heads laughed & said you're a conspiracy wack job & they had great fun just like you're doing now with the RONA .
Just remember , the DEMOCRAT/REPUBLICAN PARTY will take care of you
The USA PATRIOT Act (commonly known as the Patriot Act) is an Act of the United States Congress that was signed into law by U.S. President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001. USA PATRIOT is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.[2]
Since its passage, several court challenges have been brought against the act, and federal courts have ruled that a number of provisions are unconstitutional.
Many of the act's provisions were set to expire at sunset on December 31, 2005, approximately four years after its enactment. In the months preceding the sunset date, supporters of the act pushed to make those provisions permanent, while critics sought to revise various sections to enhance civil liberties protections. In July 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a reauthorization bill with substantial changes to several of the act's sections, while the House reauthorization bill kept most of the act's original language. The two bills were then reconciled in a conference committee criticized by Senators from both the Republican and Democratic parties for ignoring civil liberty concerns.[6]
The bill, which removed most of the changes from the Senate version, passed Congress on March 2, 2006, and was signed by President Bush on March 9 and 10 of that year.
On May 11, 2012, President Barack Obama signed the PATRIOT Sunsets Extension Act of 2011, a four-year extension of three key provisions in the Act:[7] roving wiretaps, searches of business records, and conducting surveillance of "lone wolves" (individuals suspected of terrorist-related activities not linked to terrorist groups).[8]
After reauthorization bills failed to pass Congress, parts of the Patriot Act expired on June 1, 2015.[9] The USA Freedom Act, which became law on June 2, 2015, reenacted these expired sections through 2019.[10] However, Section 215 of the law was amended to disallow the National Security Agency (NSA) to continue its mass phone data collection program.[10] Instead, phone companies will retain the data and the NSA can obtain information about targeted individuals with a federal search warrant.[10]
In November 2019, the renewal of the Patriot Act was included in the stop-gap legislation[11] The expired provisions required renewal by March 15, 2020.[12] The Senate passed a 77-day extension in March 2020, but the House of Representatives did not pass the legislation before departing for recess on March 27, 2020.[13][14][15][16]
On May 19, 2020, the Senate voted to give law enforcement agencies (FBI and CIA) the power to look into US citizens' browser history without a warrant.[17][18][19]
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patriot_Act
