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The Patriot Act : a documentary and reference guide / Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Sanford Berman.

Title
The Patriot Act : a documentary and reference guide / Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Sanford Berman.
Author
Foerstel, Herbert N.
Publication
Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2008.

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Description
xix, 236 p. : ill.; 29 cm.
Summary
Provides insight into the federal government's rationale for domestic surveillance and the political and public response to the unprecedented federal powers acquired through the USA PATRIOT Act.
Subject
  • United States
  • Terrorism > Law and legislation > United States
  • Terrorism > United States > Prevention
  • Library surveillance > United States
  • Domestic surveillance > United States
Genre/Form
  • Reference works
  • Reference works.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
The Library Awareness Program : precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act -- The legislative response to 9/11 : conceived under siege, passed in haste -- The USA PATRIOT Act : the bill that defined America's domestic war on terrorism -- Domestic surveillance under the Patriot Act -- Detention, deportation, exclusion, and expropriation -- Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act -- Amendments and legal challenges to the Patriot Act -- Reauthorization and beyond : the new and improved patriot act.
ISBN
9780313341427 (alk. paper)
LCCN
^^2007029292
OCLC
  • 156975248
  • SCSB-10333737
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library