(the) PATRIOT Act

(the) PATRIOT Act
the PATRIOT Act [the PATRIOT Act]
(the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) a US law passed in 2001 following the ↑September 11 attacks. It increases the powers of the US government in fighting ↑terrorism, including allowing the government to put non-US citizens in prison for an unlimited period of time without a trial if the ↑Attorney General considers them to be a threat to national ↑security. It has been strongly criticized by civil liberties organizations.

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