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{{Infobox U.S. legislation
| fullname=Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001
| acronym=USA PATRIOT Act, also Patriot Act
| enacted by=107th
| effectivedate=February 1, 2002
| public law url=http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ056.107
| cite public law=107-56
| cite statutes at large=115 Stat. 272 (2001)
| acts amended= ''[[Electronic Communications Privacy Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Computer Fraud and Abuse Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Family Education Rights and Privacy Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Money Laundering Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Money Laundering Control Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Bank Secrecy Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Right to Financial Privacy Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Fair Credit Reporting Act]]'' &ndash; ''[[Immigration and Nationality Act]]''
| title amended=
| sections created=
| sections amended=
| leghisturl=http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03162:@@@X
| introducedin=[[United States House of Representatives|House of Representatives]]
| introducedbill=H.R. 3162
| introducedby=[[Jim Sensenbrenner|Frank James Sensenbrenner, Jr.]]
| introduceddate=[[October 23]] [[2001]]
| committees=[[Committee on the Judiciary]]; [[Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence]]; [[Committee on Financial Services]]; [[Committee on International Relations]]; [[Committee on Energy and Commerce]] (Subcommittee on Telecommunications and the Internet); [[Committee on Education and the Workforce]]; [[Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure]]; [[Committee on Armed Services]]
| passedbody1=[[United States House of Representatives|House]]
| passeddate1=[[October 24]] [[2001]]
| passedvote1=[http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2001&rollnumber=398 Yeas: 357; Nays: 66]
| passedbody2=[[United States Senate|Senate]]
| passeddate2=[[October 25]] [[2001]]
| passedvote2=[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00313 Yeas: 98; Nays: 1]
| signedpresident=[[George W. Bush|Bush]]
| signeddate=[[October 26]] [[2001]]
| amendments=
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The '''Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001''' ([[Public Law]] 107-56), known as the '''USA PATRIOT Act''' or simply the '''''Patriot Act''''', is an [[Act of Congress]] which [[United States|U.S.]] [[President of the United States|President]] [[George W. Bush]] signed into law on [[October 26]], [[2001]].

Passed with minimal debate only 43 days after the [[September 11, 2001 attacks]] on the [[World Trade Center]] in [[New York City]], the Act dramatically expanded the authority of U.S. law enforcement agencies for the stated purpose of fighting [[terrorism]] in the United States and abroad. Among its provisions, the act increased the ability of law enforcement agencies to search telephone and e-mail communications and medical, financial, and other records; eased restrictions on foreign intelligence gathering within the United States; expanded the [[Secretary of the Treasury|Secretary of the Treasury’s]] authority to regulate financial transactions, particularly those involving foreign individuals and entities; and enhanced the discretion of law enforcement and immigration authorities in detaining and deporting [[Immigration in the United States|immigrants]] suspected of terrorism-related acts. The act also expanded the definition of terrorism to include "[[domestic terrorism]]", thus enlarging the number of activities to which the Patriot Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied.<ref>[http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/highlights.htm Department of Justice Web site]</ref>   

Although the Act passed by wide margins in both houses of [[United States Congress|Congress]], it has been criticized from its inception for weakening protections of [[civil liberties]]. In particular, opponents of the law have criticized its authorization of indefinite detentions of immigrants; "sneak and peek" searches through which law enforcement officers search a home or business without the owner’s or the occupant’s permission or knowledge; the expanded use of "[[National Security Letters]]", which allow the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]] to search telephone, email, and financial records without a court order; and the expanded access of law enforcement agencies to government records, including library and financial records.<ref>Abramson, Larry. [http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4756403 "The Patriot Act: Alleged Abuses of the Law."] [http://www.NPR.org ''NPR.org'']. July 20, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2007.</ref> Since its passage, several legal challenges have been brought against the act, and Federal courts have ruled at least one provision unconstitutional.<ref>Reardon, Marguerite and Declan McCullagh. [http://news.com.com/ACLU+challenges+Patriot+Act/2100-1030_3-5928827 "ACLU Challenges Patriot Act"]. ''News.com'', November 2, 2005. Retrieved on April 9, 2007.</ref>

Many of the act's provisions were to [[Sunset provision|sunset]] beginning [[December 31]] [[2005]], approximately 4 years after its passage. In the months preceding the sunset date, supporters of the act pushed to make its sunsetting provisions permanent, while critics sought to revise various sections to enhance civil liberty protections.<ref>[http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/12/21/patriot.act/index.html "Senate gives Patriot Act six more months"]. CNN.com, December 22, 2005. Retrieved April 9, 2007.</ref> In July 2005, the U.S. Senate passed a reauthorization bill with substantial changes to several sections of the act, while the House reauthorization bill kept most of the act's original language. The two bills were then reconciled in a conference committee that was criticized by Senators from both parties for ignoring civil liberty concerns.<ref> [http://www.sununu.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=248936&&year=2005& "SAFE Act Co-Sponsors say  PATRIOT Act Conference Report Unacceptable."]</ref>  The “compromise bill,”  which removed most of the changes from the Senate version, passed Congress on March 2, 2006 and was signed into law by President Bush on March 9, 2006.


==Background==
The Patriot Act made a number of changes to [[Law of the United States|U.S. law]]. Key acts changed were the ''[[Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978]]'' (FISA), the ''[[Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1968]]'' (ECPA), the ''[[Money Laundering Control Act of 1986]]'' and ''[[Bank Secrecy Act]]'' (BSA), as well as the ''[[Immigration and Nationality Act]]''.  

[[USA PATRIOT Act, Title II|Title II]] of the Patriot Act made a number of significant changes to the laws relating to foreign intelligence surveillance, of which the main two Acts that were affected were FISA and the ECPA. FISA came about after the [[Watergate]] scandal and subsequent investigations by the [[Church Committee]], who discovered and criticised abuses of domestic spying by the NSA, FBI and CIA. This led to widespread congressional and public outcry, resulting in Congress passing FISA in 1978. FISA governs the way in which U.S. intelligence agencies may conduct [[wiretap]]s and the interception of communications in order to gather foreign intelligence. FISA established the [[United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court|Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court]] (FISC) and a FISC Court of Review which administer foreign intelligence related applications for access to business records, [[wiretap]]s, [[Covert listening device|microphone "bugging"]], physical searches and the use of [[pen register]]s and [[trap and trace]] devices. The Act does not apply to U.S. citizens, but is limited to dealings with foreign powers and nationals.

The ECPA was an amendment to title III of the ''[[Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act of 1968]]'', which is sometimes known as the "Wiretap statute". The Wiretap statute was mainly the result of two [[United States Supreme Court|Supreme Court]] cases &mdash; ''[[Katz v. United States]]'' and ''[[Berger v. New York]]'' &mdash; and from criticism by the Church Committee of the actions of [[COINTELPRO]] (Counter Intelligence Program). The Supreme Court found in both ''Katz v. U.S.'' and ''Berger v. New York'' that [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]] [[search and seizure]] protections prohibited warrantless wiretaps, while COINTELPRO was a program of the FBI that was aimed at investigating and disrupting dissident political organizations within the United States. COINTERPRO's operations during 1956&ndash;1971 were broadly targeted against organizations that were (at the time) considered to have politically radical elements. These included those whose stated goal was the violent overthrow of the U.S. government (such as the [[Weatherman (organization)|Weathermen]]), non-violent civil rights groups such as [[Martin Luther King Jr.]]'s [[Southern Christian Leadership Conference]] and violent groups like the [[Ku Klux Klan]] and the [[American Nazi Party]]. The Church Committee found that most of the surveillance was illegal. Consequently Title III of the ''Omnibus Crime Control and Safe Streets Act'', though noting that wiretaps and interception of communications are a vital part of the law enforcement, found that wiretapping had been undertaken without legal sanction and were being used to overhear the private conversations of U.S. citizens without their consent, and the conversations were then often being used as evidence in court proceedings. In order to protect the integrity of the courts while also ensuring the privacy of citizens was not violated the Act provided a legal framework within which wiretaps and interceptions of communications could be used. The Act requires a court order authorizing the use of such measures against U.S. citizens, with penalties for those who do not get such authorization. The notable exception to these orders is in section {{usc-clause|18|2511|(3)}}, which makes an exception to the restrictions of wiretaps in cases where the President must take measures to protect the U.S. from actual or potential hostile actions from a foreign power. When Title III was established telecommunications was in its infancy and since that time, many advances in communications technology were made, making it necessary to update the law to take into account these new developments. Thus the ECPA was passed, and extended title III to also protect wire, oral and electronic communications while in transit, as well as protecting stored electronic of communications. The ECPA also extended the prohibition of the use of pen register and/or trap and trace devices to record dialling information used in the process of transmitting wire or electronic communications without a search warrant.

Along with changes to surveillance measures, the Patriot Act also made substantial changes to laws relating to money laundering. The main law changed was the ''[[Money Laundering Control Act]]'' (MLCA), which itself was an amendment to the ''[[Bank Secrecy Act]]'' (BSA) The BSA was passed by Congress in 1970 and is designed to fight [[drug trafficking]], [[money laundering]] and other financial crimes. It requires [[financial institution]]s to keep records of [[cash]] purchases of [[negotiable instrument]]s, file reports of cash transactions exceeding a daily aggregate amount of $US10,000, and to report suspicious activity that might signify money laundering, [[tax evasion]], or other criminal activities. The MLCA, passed in 1986, further enhanced the BSA by making it a crime to structure transactions in such a way as to avoid BSA reporting requirements.

Immigration law was also tightened under the Patriot Act. The ''[[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952]]'' (INA), also known as the ''McCarran-Walter Act'', was passed by Congress in 1952 and was designed to restrict immigration into the U.S. It allowed the government to deport immigrants or naturalized citizens engaged in subversive activities and also allowed the barring of suspected subversives from entering the country. The Act is codified under [[Title 8 of the United States Code|Title 8]] of the [[United States Code]], which primarily governs immigration and citizenship in the United States. Prior to the INA, a variety of statutes governed immigration law but were not organized within one body of text. The Act was later modified by the ''[[Immigration and Nationality Act of 1965]]'', and then by the ''[[Immigration Reform and Control Act of 1986]]''. Since the Patriot Act, Title 8 has been modified even further by various Acts, including the ''[[Real ID Act of 2005]]''.
==History==
===September 11 terrorist attack===
The catalyst for the USA PATRIOT Act occured on [[September 11, 2001]] when [[terrorists]] attacked [[New York City]] and caused the destruction of the [[World Trade Center]]. In response President [[George W. Bush]] declared a [[War on Terror]] and soon thereafter Senators from both sides of politics started working on legislation that would give law enforcement greater powers to prevent and investigate terrorism in the United States.

According to ''[[The Washington Post]]'', [[Viet D. Dinh|Viet Dinh]] &mdash; who was then the [[Assistant Attorney General of the United States]] &mdash; started work on measures to increase the authority of Federal Agencies, reportedly based upon understandings that "[t]he charge <nowiki>[</nowiki>from then [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[John Ashcroft]]<nowiki>]</nowiki> was very, very clear: 'all that is necessary for law enforcement, within the bounds of the Constitution, to discharge the obligation to fight this war against terror'".<ref name="6WeeksInAutumn">{{Cite news|last =O'Harrow Jr.|first=Robert|author-link=|last2=|first2=|author2-link=|title=Six Weeks in Autumn|newspaper=[[The Washington Post]]|pages=W06|date=October 27th, 2002|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&contentId=A1999-2002Oct22&notFound=true|authorlink=Robert O'Harrow, Jr.}}</ref> Simultaneously, [[James Dempsey]] of the [[Center for Democracy and Technology]] (CDT), expressed concerns that [[civil liberties]] might be trampled in the rush to push through legislation. According to Dempsey, it was hard enough to get their attention, but "[even if] you [did,] some members of the House and Senate were, 'Don't bother me with the details.'"<ref name="6WeeksInAutumn"/> Various interested parties, including the CDT, the [[Electronic Frontier Foundation]] (EFF), the [[American Civil Liberties Union]] (ACLU) and the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]] (EPIC), closely scrutinised and critiqued the various proposed bills leading to the final Act, as well as the Act itself once passed.

===First bills introduced===
Within a few weeks of the September 11 attacks, a number of bills attempting to make changes to anti-terrorism laws were introduced into Congress. The first bill proposed was the ''Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001'', which was introduced by Republican Senators [[Orin Hatch]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Utah|UT]]) and [[Jon Kyl]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Arizona|AZ]]) with Democrat Senators [[Dianne Feinstein]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[California|CA]]) and [[Chuck Schumer]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[New York|NY]]) on 13th September.<ref name="SA 1562">''[[Centre for Democracy and Technology]]''. [[United States Congress]], [http://www.cdt.org/security/010913senatewiretap2.shtml Senate Amendment 1562], September 13, 2001.</ref> Among its proposed measures, it ordered a report on the readiness of the [[National Guard of the United States|National Guard]] to preemptively disrupt domestic acts of terrorism that used [[weapons of mass destruction]], called for long-term research and development into terrorist attack as well as a review of the authority of Federal agencies to address terrorist acts and proposed a change that would have allowed the CIA to recruit terrorist informants as well as allow law enforcement agencies to disclose foreign intelligence that was discovered through wiretaps and other interception methods. The amendment also proposed a Sense of Congress that not enough was being done to impeded and investigate terrorist fundraising, and sought to increase measures to prevent the laundering of the proceeds of terrorism.<ref name="SA 1562">''[[Centre for Democracy and Technology]]''. [[United States Congress]], [http://www.cdt.org/security/010913senatewiretap2.shtml Senate Amendment 1562], September 13, 2001.</ref>

The ''Public Safety & Cyber Security Enhancement Act'' was introduced on September 20th to the House by Republican Senator [[Lamar S. Smith|Lamar Smith]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Texas|TX]])<ref name="PSandCSEA">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.02915:: H.R. 2915], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref>. Its main focus was on the unauthorized access of protected computers and proposed making modifications to the laws surrounding cable subscriber privacy, as well as various changes to pen register and trap & trace laws. The bill would have made an exception for foreign intelligence gathering in the laws that require a  court order necessary for pen register and trap & trace surveillance. It would also have removed restrictions on the prohibition of gaining access to cable subscriber records and only prohibited the disclosure of viewing patterns of cable television subscribers.<ref name="PSACSEA">[http://www.cdt.org/security/010920hcsa2.pdf Public Safety & Cyber Security Enhancement Act]. Source: ''[[Center for Democracy and Technology]]''. Accessed 26th June, 2007.</ref>

The ''Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act'' was introduced to the Senate on 28th September by Senators [[Bob Graham]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Florida|FL]]) and [[Jay Rockefeller]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[West Virginia|WV]]).<ref name="IntelToPreventTerrorism">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.01448: S. 1448], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref>. The bill proposed a number of changes relating to the [[Director of Central Intelligence]] (DCI). The most significant change propsoed was to require the Attorney General or head of any other Federal department or agency to disclose to the DCI any foreign intelligence acquired in the course of a criminal investigation. However, it also would have required that the DCI and Secretary of the Treasury jointly report to Congress on the whether it would be a good idea to reconfigure the [[Office of Foreign Assets Control]] and its Foreign Terrorist Asset Tracking Center to provide for the analysis and dissemination of foreign intelligence relating to the financial capabilities and resources of international terrorist organizations. It would also have required the DCI to establish and maintain a National Virtual Translation Center<ref name="napster4spies">Memorably referred to as "Naptster for spies" by Steven Cash during [http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_senate_hearings&docid=f:79625.wais a Senate Hearing] before the Select Committee on Intelligence.</ref> for timely and accurate translations of foreign intelligence for elements of the intelligence community. Another area it covered was a proposal to make the Attorney General provide a program of training to Government officials regarding the identification and use of foreign intelligence. <ref name="THOMAS-S.1448">''[[THOMAS]]''. [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:s.1448: "Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2001"].</ref><ref name"CRS-S.1448">''[[Congressional Research Service]]''. [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SN01448:@@@D&summ2=m& CRS summary of ''Intelligence to Prevent Terrorism Act of 2001'']</ref>

===Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001 and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act===
Meanwhile, Republican Senators Orin Hatch and [[Arlen Specter]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Pennsylvania|PA]]), along with Democrat Senator [[Patrick Leahy]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Vermont|VT]]) had been working with John Ashcroft on a draft bill, called the ''Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001''. Many of the most controversial aspects of the USA PATRIOT Act were first part of this draft and it was later to be introduced as the PATRIOT Act/USA Act &mdash; which in turn became the basis for the final USA PATRIOT Act. Among other things, the administration proposal discussed extending [[roving wiretap]]s from the sole domain of domestic agencies and into the domain of foreign intelligence surveillance and proposed the expansion of the use of wiretaps from phonelines to Internet technology. It would have made it possible for more law enforcement agencies to disseminate wiretap information and would have expanded the scope of surveillance subpoenas to allow broader access to personal records &mdash; including "books, records, papers, documents, and other items".<ref name="epic_ATA_commentary">''[[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]''. [http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/ata_analysis.html "Analysis of Provisions of the Proposed Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001"] ([http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/ATA_analysis.pdf PDF])</ref><ref name="epic_ATA">[http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/ata2001_text.pdf ''Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001'']. Source: ''[[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]''. Accessed 2nd July, 2007.</ref> Both the bill introduced by Senator Graham and the proposed Anti-Terrorism Act draft were referred to the [[Select Committee on Intelligence]]. According to the ''Washington Post'', EPIC's James Dempsey and a number of other representatives from other civil liberties groups were invited to discussions about the draft, but Dempsey's recollection was that "They [members of the Department of Justice] were livid, [and they] explicitly said, 'We don't think outsiders should be here, and we won't talk unless they leave the room.'". Though a deal was brokered, this began causing tensions between parties negotiating the bill and previously amicable discussions started breaking down between Leahy and Ashcroft.<ref name="6WeeksInAutumn"/>

Also introduced into the House was the ''Financial Anti-Terrorism Act''. This bill, which was later incorporated into the final USA PATRIOT Act, was introduced in the middle of October by Republican Senator [[Mike Oxley]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Ohio|OH]]), and was passed and then referred to the Committee on Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.<ref name="FinancialAntiTerrorismAct">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:H.R.3004: H.R. 3004], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> It proposed strengthening financial law enforcement through a number of measures. These included establishing [[FinCEN]] as a bureau of the [[United States Department of the Treasury|Department of the Treasury]], enhancing forfeiture laws and preventing the structuring of transactions to bypass anti-money laundering and reporting legislation.<ref name="FinAntiTerrorActTitle1">''[[Congressional Research Service]]'', [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03004:@@@D&summ2=m& CRS Summary of H.R. 3004]: "Title I: Strengthening Law Enforcement". October 17, 2001.</ref> It also proposed establishing measures to increase the cooperation between the public and private sectors when it came to reporting and preventing financial crimes such as money laundering,<ref name="FinAntiTerrorActTitle2">''[[Congressional Research Service]]'', [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03004:@@@D&summ2=m& CRS Summary of H.R. 3004]: "Title II: Public-Private Cooperation". October 17, 2001.</ref> along with further measures to combat international money laundering.<ref name="FinAntiTerrorActTitle3">''[[Congressional Research Service]]'', [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:HR03004:@@@D&summ2=m& CRS Summary of H.R. 3004]: "Title III: Combatting International Money Laundering". October 17, 2001.</ref>

===Birth of the USA PATRIOT Act===

The first version of the Patriot Act was introduced into the House on the October 2nd, 2001 as the ''Provide Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (PATRIOT) Act of 2001'', and was later passed by the House as the ''Uniting and Strengthening America (USA) Act'' (H.R. 2975) on October 12th.<ref name="PATRIOTAct_USAAct">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:H.R.2975: H.R. 2975], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> This was based on the afore-mentioned ''Anti-Terrorism Act'', but had been changed after negotiations and work between Attorney General Ashcroft, Senators Leahy, [[Paul Sarbanes]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Maryland|MD]]), Bob Graham, [[Trent Lott]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Mississippi|MS]]) and Orin Hatch. It was introduced into the Senate as the ''USA Act of 2001'' (S. 1510) by [[Tom Daschle]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[South Dakota|SD]])<ref name="USAAct2001Senate">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:S.1510: S. 1510], ''[[THOMAS]]''.</ref> where Senator [[Russell Feingold]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Wisconsin|WI]]) proposed a number of amendments, all of which were passed. Feingold amended the provision relating to interception of computer trespasser communications,<ref name="S.AMDT.1899">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SP01899: Senate Amendment 1899]</ref> limited the roving wiretap authority under FISA<ref name="S.AMDT.1900">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SP01900: Senate Amendment 1900]</ref> and modifed the provisions relating to access to business records under FISA.<ref name="S.AMDT.1901">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:SP01901: Senate Amendment 1901]</ref> The USA Act was later vitiated and indefinitely postponed, because the Senate and House bills could not be reconciled in time.<ref name="USAActVitiatedPostponed">{{USCongRec|2001|S11247|date=2001}}</ref>

[[File:President George W. Bush Signs Patriot Act.jpg|thumb|right|250px|President [[George W. Bush]] signing the USA PATRIOT Act, in the White House's East Room on [[October 26]], [[2001]].]]
The ''USA PATRIOT Act'' was introduced into the House on the 23rd October. It incorporated H.R. 2975 and S. 1510 and many of the provisions of H.R. 3004 (the ''Financial Anti-Terrorism Act'').<ref name="USAPATRIOTActTHOMASSummary">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:H.R.3162: H.R. 3162], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> Though there were some objections and concerns raised about the legislation<ref name="LeahyDoubts">{{USCongRec|2001|S10990|date=October 25, 2001}}</ref> a motion to suspend the rules and pass the bill was passed.<ref name="USAPATRIOTActMotionToSuspendRules">Passed 357 - 66; [http://clerk.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.asp?year=2001&rollnumber=398 Roll number 398] (23rd October, 2001)</ref> Patrick Leahy in particular commented that "our ability to make rapid progress [on drafting the bill] was impeded because the negotiations with the Administration did not progress in a straight line. On several key issues that are of particular concern to me, we had reached an agreement with the Administration on Sunday, September 30. Unfortunately, over the next two days, the Administration announced that it was reneging on the deal. I appreciate the complex task of considering the concerns and missions of multiple Federal agencies, and that sometimes agreements must be modified as their implications are scrutinized by affected agencies. When agreements made by the Administration must be withdrawn and negotiations on resolved issues reopened, those in the Administration who blame the Congress for delay with what the ''New York Times'' described as "scurrilous remarks," do not help the process move forward."<ref name="LeahyConcernsFinalAct">{{USCongRec|2001|S10991|date=October 25, 2001}}</ref> The Act was opposed by only one vote, the sole dissenting Senator being Russell Feingold<ref name="SoleDissenter">[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=107&session=1&vote=00313 Record vote number 313] for H.R. 3192. Passed 98 - 1.</ref> who found a number of measures objectionable or troubling. Feingold's concerns included the way that the bill was passed,<ref name="FeingoldDissentWayPassed">{{USCongRec|2001|S11020|date=October 25th, 2001}}</ref> aspects of the wiretapping provisions, the changes to search and seizure laws,<ref name="FeigoldDissentSearchAndSeizure">{{USCongRec|2001|S11021|date=October 25th, 2001}}</ref> the expanded powers under FISA that allowed law enforcement to gain access to business records<ref name="FeigoldDissentBusinessRecords">{{USCongRec|2001|S11022|date=October 25th, 2001}}</ref> and the changes to detention and deportation laws for immigrants.<ref name="FeigoldDissentDetentionDeportationChanges">{{USCongRec|2001|S11022|date=October 25th, 2001}}</ref> The Act had a number of "sunsets" included in it after insistence by Republican Senator [[Richard Armey]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Texas|TX]])<ref name="6WeeksInAutumn"/> However, the Act took into account any ongoing foreign intelligence investigations and allowed them to continue once the sections had expired.

===Opposition grows===
After the USA PATRIOT Act was passed it remained controversial, and began to be questioned by some members of Congress. On June 13, 2002 the [[House Committee on the Judiciary]] wrote a letter to Attorney General Ashcroft asking 50 questions about the use and effectiveness of the Act. In the letter they stated that "[t]he Committee is interested in hearing from you [John Ashcroft] and FBI Director [[Robert Mueller|Robert F. Mueller]] concerning the Department of Justice’s use of [the Act's new investigative tools to combat new terrorist threats against the United States] and their effectiveness. In light of the broad scope of the Act, we are initially seeking written responses to the following questions, and we plan to schedule a hearing in the near future to allow further public discussion of these and other issues relating to the Department of Justice’s activity in investigating terrorists or potential terrorist attacks."<ref name="50QuestionsToAshcroftFromHouseJudiciary">[[Frank James Sensenbrenner]] & [[John Conyers Jr.]] (June 13, 2002). [http://judiciary.house.gov/judiciary/ashcroft061302.htm Letter to Attorney General John Ashcroft]</ref> Only 28 questions were answered publicly, with 7 answered under seperate cover to the Committee.<ref name="ResponseTo50Questions">Daniel J. Bryant (July 26, 2002). [http://judiciary.house.gov/Media/PDFS/patriotresponses101702.pdf Response to 50 questions]. ''[[United States Department of Justice]]''</ref> Meanwhile, organisations such as the ACLU, the EFF and EPIC had not stopped opposing the most controversial parts of the Act. Three months after the official response to the Select Committee on the Judiciary, EPIC filed a [[Freedom of Information]] request seeking the information that was not released by the U.S. Department of Justice.<ref name="EPICFOI-1">''[[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]'' (October 25, 2002) [http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/patriot_foia_complaint.pdf FOI complaint].</ref> While the DOJ released a number of records in response to the request, they didn't release all the material, asserting that certain responsive records were exempt from disclosure. In order to gain access to these records, the ACLU and EPIC brought a [[civil action]] against the Department of Justice,<ref name="ACLU_EPICvDOJ">[http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/foia/sj-memo.pdf ACLU and EPIC v. Department of Justice, Civil Action No. 02-2077]. March 21, 2003.</ref> and on November 26th U.S. District Judge [[Ellen Huvelle]] ordered the Department of Justice to complete its processing of the FOI request by January 15, 2003.<ref name="OrderInFavourOfEPIC_ACLU">''ACLU and EPIC v. Department of Justice, Civil Action No. 03-2522''. (D.D.C. ESH)'', [http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/foia/ PATRIOT Act FOIA]. EPIC website, retrieved 29th August, 2007.</ref> 

Meanwhile, on July 31, the ''Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act'' was introduced into the Senate by Senators [[Lisa Murkowski]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Arkansas|AK]]) and [[Ron Wyden]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Oregon|OR]]).<ref name="ProtRightsOfIndividuals">''[[THOMAS]]'', [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s1552: S.1552].</ref> It was the first of many bills introduced to attempt to change the Patriot Act. Among the changes were ones to FISA provisions, including limits to "sneak and peek" and roving wiretap provisions, the narrowing of the Patiot Act's definition of terrorism and the reinstatement of judicial review when agencies wished to access library and business records. It also would have restored the primary purpose criteria of FISA surveillance to be for foreign intelligence purposes, which had been changed in the Patriot Act to be a "significant purpose". The bill proposed a moratorium on data mining by agencies except under specific instances allowed under law and also would have prevented government access to education records without specific facts showing why those records were required in investigations.<ref name="EFFAnalysisProtRightsOfIndiv">''[[Electronic Frontiers Foundation]]'', [http://www.eff.org/patriot/pri_act_analysis.php Analysis of the Protecting the Rights of Individuals Act], retrieved September 4th, 2007.</ref><ref name="CRSSummaryProtRightsOfIndiv">''[[Congressional Research Service]]'' (June 31st, 2003), [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:SN01552:@@@D&summ2=m& CRS Summary of S.1552].</ref> Further legislation attempting to curtail the Patriot Act was introduced into the House on September 24 by [[Dennis Kucinich]] ([[United States Democratic Party|D]]-[[Ohio|OH]]) and [[Ron Paul]] ([[United States Republican Party|R]]-[[Texas|TX]]). That bill was the ''[[Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act]]'',<ref name="BenjaminFranklinTruePatriotAct">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:H.R.3171: H.R. 3171], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> which is an allusion to [[Benjamin Franklin]]'s famous [[Those who would give up Essential Liberty|quote]] that "those who would give up Essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety." Amongst other things, it proposed a 90-day review period after which 11 sections of the Patriot Act would cease to have effect. It would have reverted the sections on sneak and peek searches, expansion of pen register and trap and trace authorities as well the authority for the FBI to gain access to records and other tangible items under FISA. Also reverted would have been the sections that changed the primary purpose test for foreign intelligence surveillance under FISA to "significant purpose", the [[mandatory detention]] of aliens, the use of National Security Letters and the broadened definition of "domestic terrorism". The bill was referred to subcommittees for consideration, where no further action was taken before the end of the [[108th Congress]]. The bill never went further and it was never reintroduced. The bill was publicly supported by the ACLU<ref name="ACLUSupportTruePatriotAct">{{cite press release |title=ACLU Welcomes Bi-partisan "True PATRIOT Act," Measure Seeks to Restore Freedoms Lost Post 9/11 |publisher=[[American Civil Liberties Union]] |date=September 24th, 2003 |url=http://www.aclu.org/safefree/general/17688prs20030924.html |accessdate=2007-09-05 |quote=The American Civil Liberties Union today joined with members of Congress and civil rights groups in welcoming bi-partisan legislation aimed to correct some of the most contentious provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act and other controversial measures adopted post 9/11.  At a news conference today, Reps. Dennis Kucinich (D-OH) and Ron Paul (R-TX) unveiled their "Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act."}}</ref> and the EFF.<ref name="EFFSupportsTruePatriotAct">{{cite news|url=http://www.eff.org/news/archives/2003_09.php|title=EFF Supports the Benjamin Franklin True Patriot Act|date=September 28, 2003|publisher=[[Electronic Frontiers Foundation]]|accessdate=2007-09-05}}</ref> 

Further controversy soon came to a head when, in late January 2003, the founder of the [[Center for Public Integrity]], Charles Lewis, published a leaked draft copy of an Administration proposal titled the ''Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003''.<ref name="LeakPBSTranscript">''[[PBS]]'' (February 7th, 2007), [http://www.pbs.org/now/transcript/transcript206_full.html Now with Bill Moyers], transcript.</ref> The document was quickly dubbed "PATRIOT II" or "Son of PATRIOT" by the media and organisations such as the EFF.<ref name="NickNamesPATRIOT-II">[http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/patriot-act-II-analysis.php EFF Analysis of "Patriot II," Provisions of the Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003], ''[[Electronic Frontier Foundation]]''. Retrieved 30th August, 2007.</ref> The draft, which was circulated to 10 divisions of the Department of Justice,<ref name="ControlSheetPATRIOT-II">[http://www.publicintegrity.org/dtaweb/downloads/Story_01_020703_Doc_2.pdf Control Sheet of the "Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003"], retrieved August 30th, 2007.</ref> proposed to make further modifications to extend the USA PATRIOT Act<ref name="WiredNewsPATRIOT-II">{{cite news |first=Ryan |last=Singel|authorlink=Ryan Singel|title=A Chilly Response to 'Patriot II' |url=http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2003/02/57636 |work=Politics : Law |publisher=[[Wired News]] |date=12th March, 2003 |accessdate=2007-08-29 }}</ref> and would have made more changes to FISA, including extending the definition of a foreign power in relation to FISA and allowed the use of wiretaps 15 days after Congress authorized the use of military force (currently, the law allows this only after a declaration of war). Further, it would have allowed Federal agencies to acquire foreign government's spoken communications and would have expanded the use of pen registers under FISA to apply to U.S. citizens. It proposed that the FISA Court of Review be allowed to employ a lawyer with security clearance to defend the judgement of the FISC, and would have expanded the use of law enforcement investigative tools under FISA. Further gags were proposed in the draft and, had it been introduced into Congress, it would have prevented the disclosure of terrorism investigation detainee information, "Worst Case Scenario" information and information relating to Capitol buildings. The draft contained measures to further restrict what participants in [[Grand Jury]] terrorism hearings could disclose, while other proposed measures would have enhanced investigations into terrorism, including the establishment of a terrorism identification database. Changes were proposed to define terrorism as a crime and the legal framework with which to prosecute such crimes. Further modifications would have also changed immigration and border-security laws.<ref name="PATRIOT-II-EFF">[http://www.eff.org/Censorship/Terrorism_militias/patriot2draft.html Patriot II (draft)], ''[[Electronic Frontiers Foundation]]''. Retrieved August 30th, 2007.</ref> Though the Department of Justice released a statement that it was only a draft,<ref name="DoJResponseToLeak">''[[United States Department of Justice]]'' (February 7th, 2007), [http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/2003/February/03_opa_082.htm Statement of Barbara Comstock, Director of Public Affairs]</ref> it caused an enormous amount of controversy, with many criticising it for impinging on privacy and civil liberties.<ref name="CNSNewsCivilLibertiesCriticismPATRIOT-II">{{cite news|title='Patriot 2' Raises Concerns for Civil Liberties Groups|url=http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewNation.asp?Page=%5CNation%5Carchive%5C200302%5CNAT20030213b.html |first=Lawrence|last=Morahan|publisher=[[CNS News]]|work=The Nation|date=February 13, 2003|accessdate=2007-08-30}}</ref><ref name="WiredNewsPATRIOT-II"/> In particular, Patrick Leahy complained that "If there is going to be a sequel to the USA PATRIOT Act, the process of writing it should be open and accountable.  It should not be shrouded in secrecy, steeped in unilateralism or tinged with partisanship.  The early signals from the Administration about its intentions for this bill are ominous, and I hope Justice Department officials will change the way they are handling this."<ref name="LeahyOnPATRIOT-II">[[Patrick Leahy]] (February 10, 2003), [http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200302/021003.html Comments Of Senator Patrick Leahy Ranking Democratic Member, Senate Judiciary Committee, On The Justice Department’s Secrecy In Drafting A Sequel To The USA PATRIOT Act]. Office of Patrick Leahy, Senator for Vermont (2003).</ref>

By now public opinion of the Act appeared to be waning, with a [[Gallup poll]] response to the question "Based on what you have read or heard, do you think the Patriot Act goes too far, is about right, or does not go far enough in restricting people's civil liberties in order to fight terrorism?" showing that between 2003 and 2004 nearly a quarter of all Americans felt that the Act went too far, while most felt that it was either just right or did not go far enough.<ref name="GallupPoll">{{cite news|title=USA TODAY/CNN/Gallup Poll results|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/polls/tables/live/2004-02-25-patriot-act-poll.htm|publisher=[[USA Today]]|date=May 20th, 2005}}</ref> In response, the Department of Justice established a website [http://www.lifeandliberty.gov www.lifeandliberty.gov] that defended the Act from such organisations as the ACLU (which itself had created a website that campaigned against the Partiot Act called [http://www.aclu.org/safefree/index.html Safe and Free]).<ref name="LifeAndLibertyReview">{{cite journal | last = Owen III | first = Henry | year = 2007 | month = January | title = The Life and Liberty.gov Web site review | journal = Government Information Quarterly | volume = 24 | issue = 1 | pages = 229-229 | issn = 0740-624X | doi = 10.1016/j.giq.2006.07.014 
| url = http://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6W4G-4M33W0W-1&_user=10&_coverDate=01%2F31%2F2007&_rdoc=1&_fmt=full&_orig=browse&_cdi=6542&_sort=d&_docanchor=&_artOutline=Y&view=c&_acct=C000050221&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=10&md5=1b2f03e3e6bf325bf80bd7deb1ef147d#secx1
| format= fee required | accessdate = 2007-09-01}}</ref> At the same time, Attorney General Ashcroft toured 16 cities giving speeches to invite only crowds defending the Patriot Act and touting its importance.<ref name="AshcroftTourNYTArticle">{{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F70815FE3C5F0C7B8CDDA00894DB404482 |title=Ashcroft's Tour Rallies Supporters and Detractors|first=Eric|last=Lichtblau|authorlink=Eric Lichtblau|publisher=[[New York Times]]|published=September 8, 2003}}</ref><ref name="LasVegasReviewJournalTourAshcroft">{{cite news|title=Ashcroft touts Patriot Act's virtues|publisher=[[Las Vegas Review-Journal]]|date=27th August, 2003}}</ref> In the speeches &mdash; which among other things made allusions to [[Battle of Bunker Hill|Bunker Hill]], [[Antietam]], the [[Argonne]], [[Iwo Jima]], [[Normandy Beach]] and [[Abraham Lincoln]] &mdash; he defended the Patriot Act's provisions that eliminated the "wall" preventing foreign intelligence agencies from sharing information with domestic law enforcement agencies, roving wiretaps and the expanded capabilities of the U.S. [[Joint Terrorism Task Force]]. He also claimed that they had "neutralized alleged terrorist cells in Buffalo, Detroit, Seattle and Portland [and] brought 255 criminal charges. One hundred thirty two individuals have been convicted or pled guilty. All told, more than 3,000 suspected terrorists have been arrested in many countries. Many more have met a different fate."<ref name="AshcroftSpeech">[[John Ashcroft]] (August 19th, 2003). [http://www.usdoj.gov/archive/ag/speeches/2003/081903remarksataeifinal.htm Prepared Remarks of Attorney General Johnn Ashcroft Preserving Life and Liberty], speech to [[American Enterprise Institute]].</ref> Among those arrested was [[Sami Amin Al-Arian]] and seven others who were indicted on 50 counts, including using an Islamic [[think tank]] to funnel funds to the group [[Palestinian Islamic Jihad]], which is classed as a terrorist organization by the United States government.<ref name="SamAminAlArianIndicted">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/South/02/20/professor.arrest/index.html|title=FBI charges Florida professor with terrorist activities|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=February 20th, 2003}}</ref><ref name"USvAlArianEtAl">[http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/alarian/usalarian0203ind.pdf U.S. v. Sami Amin Al-Arian et al.], ''[[Findlaw]]''</ref> Ashcroft cited the arrests to show how the Patriot Act had broken down information sharing barriers between agencies. The speeches themselves were met with support, but in many states Ashcroft attracted protests and a number of critical editorials were written<ref name="LasVegasReviewJournalTourAshcroft"/><ref name="AshcroftTourNYTArticle"/> &mdash; in one particularly stinging column, the ''[[Philadelphia Enquirer]]'' wrote that there was "an air of desperation about it."<ref name="PhiladelphiaEnquirerDesperationComments">Cited in {{cite news|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F70815FE3C5F0C7B8CDDA00894DB404482 |title=Ashcroft's Tour Rallies Supporters and Detractors|first=Eric|last=Lichtblau|authorlink=Eric Lichtblau|publisher=[[New York Times]]|published=September 8, 2003}}</ref>
Meanwhile, controversy over the Patriot Act was leading to resistance from many State and local governments. [[Arcata, California|Arcata]] in [[California]] passed an ordinance in February 2003 that barred city employees (including police and librarians) from assisting or cooperating with any federal investigations under the Act that would violate civil liberties ([[Nullification]]).<ref name="ArcataBarComplianceCNN">{{cite news|url=http://www.cnn.com/2003/US/West/05/18/patriot.act.ap/index.html|title=Town criminalizes compliance with Patriot Act|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=May 18th, 2003}}</ref><ref name="ArcataBarComlianceWashingtonPost">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/ac2/wp-dyn?pagename=article&node=&contentId=A64173-2003Apr20&notFound=true|title=Local Officials Rise Up to Defy The Patriot Act|first=Evelyn|last=Nieves|publisher=[[Washington Post]]|date=April 21, 2003|page=A01}}</ref> 
Eventually, eight states ([[Alaska]], [[California]], [[Colorado]], [[Hawaii]], [[Idaho]], [[Maine]], [[Montana]] and [[Vermont]]) and 396 cities and counties (including [[New York City]]; [[Los Angeles, California|Los Angeles]]; [[Dallas, Texas|Dallas]]; [[Chicago]]; [[Eugene, Oregon]]; [[Philadelphia, Pennsylvania|Philadelphia]]; and [[Cambridge, Massachusetts]]) passed resolutions condemning the Act for attacking civil liberties. The [[Bill of Rights Defense Committee]] helped [http://www.bordc.org/list.php coordinate] many local efforts. These ordinances are largely symbolic, as under the [[United States Constitution]]'s [[supremacy clause]], federal law overrides state and local laws.

===Security and Freedom Ensured Act===
The ''[[Security and Freedom Ensured Act]]'' (SAFE)<ref name="SAFE-THOMAS">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:s.01709: S.1709], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> was introduced some time later by Republican Senator [[Larry Craig]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[Idaho|ID]]). It was introduced on October 2, 2003 and was co-sponsored by Senators [[John E. Sununu]] ([[Republican Party (United States)|R]]-[[New Hampshire|NH]]) and [[Richard Durbin]] ([[Democratic Party (United States)|D]]-[[Illinois|IL]]) and would have limited the scope of roving wiretaps,<ref name="Section2SAFE">''[[THOMAS]]'', Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1709: S.1709] Section 2</ref> changed the "sneak and peek" delayed notification period from "within a reasonable period" to not later than 7 days after execution of the warrant,<ref name="Section3SAFE">''[[THOMAS]]'', Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1709: S.1709] Section 3</ref> restored the requirements for seizure of business records that there are specific and articulate facts that business records are those of a foreign power or agents of a foreign power<ref name="Section4SAFE">''[[THOMAS]]'', Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1709: S.1709] Section 4</ref> and prevent the use of [[National Security Letters]] to gain access to library records.<ref name="Section5SAFE">''[[THOMAS]]'', Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1709: S.1709] Section 5</ref> It also would have extended the sunset provisions of the Patriot Act to include section 213 (Authority for delaying notice of the execution of a warrant), section 216 (Modification of authorities relating to use of pen registers and trap and trace devices), section 219 (Single-jurisdiction search warrants for terrorism) and section 505 (Miscellaneous national security authorities).<ref name="Section6SAFE">''[[THOMAS]]'', Security and Freedom Ensured Act of 2003, [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c108:S.1709: S.1709] Section 6</ref> The EFF urged the swift passage of the bill,<ref name="EFFLikesSAFE">[http://www.eff.org/patriot/safe_act_analysis.php EFF: Analysis of the SAFE Act], ''[[Electronic Frontiers Foundation]]'' website. Retrieved September 1st, 2007</ref> while Senator Russell Feingold urged the bill be passed as "[t]hese are reasonable and moderate changes to the law. They do not gut the provision. They do not make it worthless. They do recognize the growing and legitimate concern from across the political spectrum that this provision was passed in haste and presents the potential for abuse. They also send a message that fourth amendment rights have meaning and potential violations of those rights should be minimized if at all possible."<ref name="SAFERussFeingold">{{USCongRec|2003|S12377|date=October 2nd, 2003}}</ref> In Congressional debate, Rick Durbin stated that "many in Congress did not want to deny law enforcement some of the reasonable reforms contained in the PATRIOT Act that they needed to combat terrorism. So, we reluctantly decided to support the administration's version of the bill, but not until we secured a commitment that they would be responsive to Congressional oversight and consult extensively with us before seeking any further changes in the law."<ref name="SAFEDurbin">{{USCongRec|2003|S12386|date=October 2nd, 2004}}</ref>

In response to the bill, Attorney General Ashcroft wrote a four page letter to Congress urging them not to make wholesale changes to the Patriot Act, and warned that President Bush would [[veto]] the bill if it appeared on his desk.<ref name="USATodayVetoThreat">{{cite news|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-01-29-bush-patriot-act_x.htm?csp=15|title=Ashcroft: Bush would veto bill scaling back Patriot Act|work=Washington/Politics|date=29th January, 2004|publisher=[[USA Today]]}}</ref><ref name="NewsComVetoThreatLetter">{{cite news|last=McUllagh | first=Declan | title=Ashcroft says surveillance powers should stand |url=http://news.com.com/2100-1028-5150477.html | date=January 29, 2004 |publisher=[[CNET News.com]] | accessdate = 2007-07-24}}</ref><ref name="CNNVetoThreat">{{cite news|title=Ashcroft warns of Bush veto on scaled-back Patriot bill|url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/ALLPOLITICS/01/29/patriot.act.ap/|date=January 29, 2004|publisher=[[CNN]]| accessdate= 2007-07-24}}</ref> Senator Durbin countered that this was "an unfortunate overreaction to a reasoned and measured effort to mend the Patriot Act [and] I believe it is possible to combat terrorism and preserve our individual freedoms at the same time."<ref name="USATodayVetoThreat"/> SAFE was referred to the Senate Committee on the Judiciary on April 7, 2004 and a [[United States Congress Conference committee#The conference report|Conference report]] prepared. However, the co-sponsors of the Act were extremely unhappy with the report, stating that "[t]he conference report, in its current form, is unacceptable. There is still time for the conference committee to step back and agree to the Senate’s bipartisan approach. If the conference committee doesn’t do that, we will fight to stop this bill from becoming law". Thus, this bill never proceeded any further.<ref name="UnhappySAFECoSponsors">{{cite press release|url=http://www.sununu.senate.gov/pressapp/record.cfm?id=248936&&year=2005&|title=SAFE Act Co-Sponsors Say Patriot Act Conference Report Unacceptable|date=November 16th, 2005|publisher=[[John E. Sununu]]}}</ref>

===Judicial and legislative challenges===
[[File:Aclu-v-ashcroft-redacted.jpg|right|framed|A heavily [[redaction|redacted]] page from a lawsuit filed by the ACLU &mdash; ''[[American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft]]'']]
A number of sections were struck by the courts. Section 805 of the Patriot Act allowed the U.S. government to prohibit citizens from providing material support for specially designated terrorist organisations, including "expert advise and assistance". Two organisations so designated were the [[Kurdistan Workers' Party]] (in [[Kurdish people|Kurdish]] it is the ''Partiya Karkerên Kurdistan'', or PDK) and the [[Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam]] (also known as either the Tamil Tigers, the Ellalan Force or the LTTE). However, both these groups engaged in peaceful and non-violent activities. The [[Humanitarian Law Project]] supported both groups, and brought a civil action against the government complaining that the law was unconstitutional. The Federal court agreed and in a decision brought in December 2004 struck down section 805(a)(2)(B) because, in the courts view, it violated the First and Fifth Amendments to the United States Constitution as it was so vague that it "could be construed to include unequivocally pure speech and advocacy protected by the First Amendment." In the decision, the judge determined that this vagueness would cause a person of average intelligence to guess whether they were breaking the law, and thus potentially cause a person to be charged for an offence that they had no way of knowing was illegal. The vagueness may also have the effect of allowing arbitrary and discriminatory enforcement of the law, as well as possible [[chilling effects]] on First Amendment rights. <ref name="FullRulingSection805">''[http://news.findlaw.com/cnn/docs/terrorism/hlpash12304ord.pdf Humanitarian Law Project et al. v. John Ashcroft]'', ''Findlaw''</ref><ref name=HLPPressRelease">{{cite press release | title = Key Patriot Act provision ruled unconstitutional under the First Amendment| publisher = [[Humanitarian Law Project]] | date = January 26, 2004 | url = http://hlp.home.igc.org/docs/press/patact012604.html| accessdate = 2007-07-24|quote= January 26, 2004: The Center for Constitutional Rights announced today that a federal court in Los Angeles has declared unconstitutional a provision of the USA PATRIOT Act, enacted six weeks after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. This is the first judicial ruling in the country declaring part of the Patriot Act unconstitutional. In a decision issued late Friday, U.S. District Judge Audrey Collins ruled that a ban on providing "expert advice and assistance" to terrorist groups violates the First and Fifth Amendments to the Constitution because it is so vague that it "could be construed to include unequivocally pure speech and advocacy protected by the First Amendment."}}</ref> Soon after the decision, the Department of Justice released a statement that "The provision at issue in today's decision was a modest amendment to a pre-existing antiterrorism law that was designed to deal with real threats caused by support of terrorist groups. By targeting those who provide material support by providing 'expert advice or assistance' the law made clear that Americans are threatened as much by the person who teaches a terrorist to build a bomb as by the one who pushes the button."<ref name="MarkCoralloStatement">Citing [[Mark Corallo]], spokesman for the [[United States Department of Justice]]. Cited in: {{cite news |first=Terry |last=Frieden |title=Federal judge rules part of Patriot Act unconstitutional |url=http://www.cnn.com/2004/LAW/01/27/patriot.act/ |work=Law Center |publisher=[[CNN]] |date=January 27, 2004 |accessdate=2007-07-24}}</ref>

[[USA PATRIOT Act, Title V|Title V]] of the Patriot Act amended the ECPA's National Security Letter (NSL) provisions ({{usc|18|2709}}). These were challenged by the ACLU, who filed a [[American Civil Liberties Union v. Ashcroft|lawsuit]] on April 9th, 2004 on behalf of an [[John Doe|unknown party]] against the U.S. government.<ref name="ACLUvDoJ">''Doe v. Ashcroft'', 334 F.Supp.2d 471 (S.D.N.Y. 2004) [http://www.nysd.uscourts.gov/rulings/04CV2614_Opinion_092904.pdf source]</ref> The specifics of the original case brought by the ACLU is not known, except that the unknown party is an [[Internet service provider]], and the case involves either [[Telephone tapping|wiretap]]s or secretly [[subpoena]]ed customer records from telephone and Internet companies &mdash;ostensibly in the course of investigating possible [[terrorism|terrorist]] activity. Due to the NSL provisions, the government would not let the ACLU disclose they had even filed a case for nearly a month, after which they were permitted to release a heavily [[redaction|redacted]] version of the complaint.<ref name="WiredACLUvDoJ">{{cite news|publisher=[[Wired]]|url=http://www.wired.com/politics/law/news/2004/09/65136|title=Part of Patriot Act Struck Down|work=Politics : Law|date=September 29th, 2004}}</ref><ref name="NewsComACLUvDoJ">{{cite news|publisher=[[News.com]]|url=http://news.com.com/Judge+disarms+Patriot+Act+proviso/2100-1028_3-5388764.html|title=Judge disarms Patriot Act proviso|first=Declan|last=McCullagh|date=September 29, 2004}}</ref><ref name="USATodayACLUvDoJ">{{cite news|title=Court strikes down Patriot Act provision|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2004-09-29-patriotact_x.htm|publisher=[[USA Today]]|work=Washington/Politics|date=September 29, 2004|first=Toni|last=Locy}}</ref> The ACLU argued that the NSL violated the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First]] and [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]]s of the [[US Constitution]] because section 2709 failed to spell out any legal process whereby a telephone or Internet company could try to oppose an NSL subpoena in court. They also argued that section 2709 prohibited the recipient of an NSL subpoena from disclosing that they had received such a request from the FBI, and therefore outweighed the FBI's need for secrecy in counter-terrorism investigations. The Court subsequently found the NSL provisions of the ECPA unconstitutional. It reasoned that it could not find in the provision an implied right for the person receiving the subpoena to challenge it in court as is constitutionally required.<ref name="ACLUvDoJ"/> The finding of unconstitutionality essentially dismisses any claimed presumptive legal need for absolute secrecy in regard to terrorism cases. However, the USA Patriot Act is affected only if the limits on NSLs in terrorism cases also apply to non-terrorism cases such as those authorized by the Act. However, even though the NSL was dropped, the John Doe remained under a gag order.

Legislative action was also undertaken by [[Bernie Sanders]] (I-[[Vermont|VT]]), [[Jerrold Nadler]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[New York|NY]]), John Conyers Jr., [[Clement Leroy Otter]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Idaho|ID]]) and Ron Paul. They proposed an amendment to the ''Commerce, Justice, State Appropriations Bill of 2005'' which would cut off funding to the [[United States Department of Justice|Department of Justice]] for searches conducted under section 215.<ref name="HR4754">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HR04754: H.R. 4754], ''[[THOMAS]]''. See also [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d108:HZ00652: H.AMDT.652], ''[[THOMAS]]''.</ref> The amendment initially failed to pass the House with a tie vote, 210&ndash;210.<ref name="HR4754AmdRollCall">[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2004/roll339.xml Roll number 339], July 8th, 2004</ref> Although the original vote came down in favor of the amendment, the vote was held open and several House members were persuaded to change their votes.<ref name="WashingtonPostAppropriations2005">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A37480-2004Jul8.html|title=House GOP Defends Patriot Act Powers|coauthors=Dan Morgan and Charles Babington|work=Politics, In Congress|publisher=[[Washington Post]]|date=July 9, 2004|page=A01}}</ref> However, on [[June 15]], [[2005]] they made a second attempt to limit section 215 searches in an amendment to another House appropriations bill<ref name="HR2862">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:h.r.02862: H.R. 2862], ''[[THOMAS]]''; see also [http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00280: H.AMDT 280]</ref> and this time it passed with a vote of 238-187 in favor of the Sanders amendment.<ref name="HR2862AmdRollCall">[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll258.xml Roll number 258], June 15th, 2005</ref>

Not all proposed legislation was against the Patriot Act, however. In July 2004, Senator Jon Kyl introduced the ''Tools to Fight Terrorism Act'' into the Senate. In a statement given on September 13 to the Senate Committe on the Judiciary, Senator Kyl stated his concern that "Congress has enacted no major antiterror legislation since the passage of the USA Patriot Act almost three years ago."<ref name="KylStatementToSenateCommJudiciary">A Review of the Tools to Fight Terrorism Act (Senate Hearing). [http://judiciary.senate.gov/member_statement.cfm?id=1301&wit_id=2575 Statement of Chairman Kyl] (September 13th, 2004). [[United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary]], Subcommittee on Terrorism, Technology, and Homeland Security.</ref> The bill would have allowed FBI agents to seek warrants for surveillance of "[[lone wolf terrorist]]s", allowed greater sharing of intelligence between federal authorities and state and local authorities, punish those making terrorism hoaxes, and impose 30-year mandatory-minimum penalties for possession of shoulder-fired anti-aircraft missiles, atomic and radiological bombs, and variola virus.<ref name="TruthNewsKyl">{{cite news|publisher=TruthNews|url=http://www.truthnews.net/world/2004090150.htm|title= Giving Law Enforcement Some Overdue Tools In the Fight Against Terrorism|first=Jon|last=Kyl|date=September 20, 2004|authorlink=Jon Kyl}}</ref> However, perhaps due to the increasingly controversial nature of the Act, the Senate did not further consider the proposed legislation.

===Lead up to reauthorization===
By now the sunsets in the Patriot Act were getting closer to expiring. The Bush administration had been campaigning for the reauthorization of the Act for some time, with the President speaking about the Act in his [[2004 State of the Union Address]], where he said that,

{{cquote|Inside the United States, where the [War on Terror] began, we must continue to give our homeland security and law enforcement personnel every tool they need to defend us. And one of those essential tools is the Patriot Act, which allows federal law enforcement to better share information, to track terrorists, to disrupt their cells, and to seize their assets. For years, we have used similar provisions to catch embezzlers and drug traffickers. If these methods are good for hunting criminals, they are even more important for hunting terrorists.

Key provisions of the Patriot Act are set to expire next year. The terrorist threat will not expire on that schedule. Our law enforcement needs this vital legislation to protect our citizens. You need to renew the Patriot Act.|30px|30px|[http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2004/01/20040120-7.html 2004 United States State of the Union Address], United States President [[George W. Bush]].}}

[[File:Alberto_Gonzales_-_Oath_of_office_(2005-02-14).jpg|thumb|250px|In February 2005, [[United States President|President]] [[George W. Bush]] urged the reauthorization of the USA PATRIOT Act during a speech given during the swearing in of [[United States Attorney General|Attorney General]] [[Alberto Gonzales]].]]
President Bush also strongly urged for the Patriot Act to be reauthorized immediately when he swore in the successor to Attorney General John Ashcroft, [[Alberto Gonzales]]. In a speech swearing-in Gonzales, he stated that "[m]any key elements of the Patriot Act are now set to expire at the end of this year. We must not allow the passage of time or the illusion of safety to weaken our resolve in this new war. To protect the American people, Congress must promptly renew all provisions of the Patriot Act this year."<ref name="SwearingInGonzalezPatriotActSpeech">{{cite press release|date=February 14th, 2004|publisher=[[United States Department of Justice]]|title=President Thanks Attorney General Gonzales at Swearing-In Ceremony|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2005/02/20050214-2.html}}</ref>

In April 2005 a Senate Judicial Hearing on the Patriot Act was undertaken. The newly appointed Attorney General admitted that he was "open to discussion" about the Act, but argued that not only was the Patriot Act working well and needed few changes, but that all 16 of the expiring sections of the Act should be reauthorized. He in particular commented on section 215, the section allowing national security authorities to produce court orders under FISA to gain access to personal records, and section 206, the roving wiretap authority provision. He emphasised "the department has not sought a Section 215 order to obtain library or bookstore records, medical records or gun sale records. Rather, the provision to date has been used only to obtain driver's license records, public accommodation records, apartment leasing records, credit card records and subscriber information, such as names and addresses for telephone numbers captured through court- authorized pen register devices. Section 217, the "sneak and peek" search provisions, were also raised as a concern and were defended by the Department of Justice.<ref name="SenateJudicialHearing2005">April 5th, 2005. [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A28081-2005Apr5.html Transcript of the Senate Judicial Hearing on the Patriot Act], source: ''[[The Washington Post]]''.</ref><ref name="SenateJudicialHearing2005WPArticle">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A27535-2005Apr5.html?referrer=emailarticle|title=Congress Urged to Renew Patriot Act|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Dan|last=Eggen|date=April 6th, 2005|page=A17}}</ref><ref name="SenateHearing2005ChicagoTribune">{{cite news|title=Debate on USA Patriot Act|publisher=[[Chicago Tribune]]|first=Andrew|last=Zajac|date=April 6th, 2005}}</ref>

President Bush continued to campaign for the reauthorization of the Act. In a speech given in June 2005 to the [[Ohio State Highway Patrol]] Academy he reiterated his belief that key provisions should be reauthorized, and that "The Patriot Act has accomplished exactly what it was designed to do: it has protected American liberty and saved American lives. For the sake of our national security, Congress must not rebuild a wall between law enforcement and intelligence".<ref name="WashingtonPostBushCampaignJune">{{cite news|title=Bush Campaigns to Extend Patriot Act|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/09/AR2005060900201.html|first=Jim|last=VandeHei|authorlink=Jim VandeHei|date=June 10, 2005|page=A06|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|work=Politics, Bush Administration}}</ref><ref name="CNNBushCampaignJune">{{cite news|title=Bush to Congress: Renew Patriot Act|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/POLITICS/06/09/bush.patriot/|date=June 9, 2005|work=Politics|publisher=[[CNN]]}}</ref> However, by this time the Act was as controversial as ever, and more than a few groups were campaigning against it. Aside from the EFF, the ACLU, the CDT and EPIC, the Act had raised the ire of the [[American Library Association]] (ALA) and the American Booksellers Foundation for Freedom of Expression, who were all extremely concerned about the provisions of the Patriot Act, with a particular focus on section 215.<ref name="NYTimesPatriotActApril24th2005">{{cite news|title=In Patriot's Cradle, the Patriot Act Faces Scrutiny|url=http://select.nytimes.com/search/restricted/article?res=F00A14FA3C550C778EDDAD0894DD404482|format=HTML (restricted access)|publisher=[[New York Times]]|date=April 24th, 2005|first=Jane|last=Gordon}}</ref> An even more disparate group called the "Patriots to Restore Checks and Balances" (or PRCB) had also been formed to campaign against the Act, and were urging Congress to let the sections expire. Many unlikely bedfellows formed this group, and those numbered in its membership including the ACLU, the [[American Conservative Union]], [[Gun Owners of America]], and the [[United States Libertarian Party]]. The group had also supported the SAFE Act.<ref name="PRCB">{{cite news|title=Reform the Patriot Act to ensure civil liberties|url=http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/04/20/ramasastry.patriotact/|first=Anita|last=Ramasastry|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=April 20, 2004|work=Law Center|authorlink=Anita Ramasastry}}</ref>

A tense period followed as proponents and critics of the Act continued arguing their respective positions. Tensions came to ahead on June 10th, when a hearing into the Patriot Act by the [[United States House Committee on the Judiciary|House Committee on the Judiciary]] ended in furore. During the testimony on the reauthorization of the Act, Chairman James Sensenbrenner abruptly [[gavel|gavelled]] the proceedings to a close after Congressional Democrats and their witnesses launched into broad denunciations of the War on Terror and the condition of detainees at [[Guantanamo Bay detainment camp|Guantanamo Bay]]. In frustration, Sensenbrenner declared, "We ought to stick to the subject. The USA PATRIOT Act has nothing to do with Guantanamo Bay. The USA PATRIOT Act has nothing to do with [[Unlawful combatant|enemy combatant]]s. The USA PATRIOT Act has nothing to do with indefinite detentions." He then gavelled the meeting to a close and walked out with the gavel. However [[Jerrold Nadler]], a [[Democratic party (United States)|Democrat]] Congressman representing [[New York's 8th congressional district]], and other witnesses continued speaking despite Sensenbrenner's departure, and [[C-SPAN]] cameras continued to roll after microphones in the hearing room had been turned off. According to the ''Washington Post'', [[James J. Zogby]], president of the [[Arab American Institute]], complained that the action taken by the Chairman was "totally inappropriate &mdash; no mike on, and no record being kept" and that "I think as we are lecturing foreign governments about the conduct of their behavior with regard to opposition, I'm really troubled about what kind of message this is going to teach to other countries in the world about how they ought to conduct an open society that allows for an opposition with rights."<ref name="SensenbrennerGavelToClose">{{cite news|title=Panel Chairman Leaves Hearing|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2005/06/10/AR2005061002110.html|first=Mike|last=Allen|date=June 11th, 2005|page=A04|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|work=Politics}}</ref>

===Reauthorization===
[[File:Bush signs USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act.jpg|thumb|250px|George W. Bush shakes hands with U.S. Senator [[Arlen Specter]] after signing H.R. 3199, the ''USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005'']]
In June the Select Committee on Intelligence met behind closed doors to consider a draft proposal by [[Pat Roberts]] ([[Republican party (United States)|R]]-[[Kansas|KS]]) which, among other things, would have removed the primary purpose of FISA warrants issued ''ex parte'' and ''in camera'' to be for foreign intelligence. Instead, the warrants could also have been used for purposes unrelated to foreign intelligence. This was condemned by the ACLU,<ref name="ACLUOpposesSecretReauth">{{cite news|title=Patriotism vs. the USA Patriot Act|date=July 4, 2005|first=Dorothy M.|last=Ehrlich|publisher=[[San Francisco Herald]]|work=Open forum}}</ref> with ACLU Attorney Lisa Graves complained that the secret hearings into the draft was "an attempt to force the debate onto their terms, versus where the momentum has been headed, which is to roll back the Patriot Act to bring it in line with the Constitution and make sure its tools are focused on terrorists, as opposed to Americans". <ref name="BostonGlobeSecretDraft">{{cite news|title=Panel to weigh beefed-up Patriot Act|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/06/05/panel_to_weigh_beefed_up_patriot_act/|publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=June 5, 2005|work=Nation, Washington}}</ref> 

The committee's proposed legislation was introduced into the House on July 21st as the ''USA PATRIOT and Terrorism Prevention Reauthorization Act of 2005''. It repealed the sunset date for surveillance provisions of the Patriot Act &mdash; in other words, it would have made those sections permanent. A number of amendments were also proposed and passed. Several of the amendments were to surveillance provisions and included an amendment that added to the list of terrorist crimes that could be used for obtaining electronic surveillance,<ref name="HAMDT498">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00498: H. AMDT 498] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Daniel E. Lungren]]</ref> the requirement that the Director of the FBI must personally approve any library or bookstore requests by the FBI under section 215,<ref name="HAMDT489">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00489: H. AMDT 489] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Jeff Flake]]</ref> making law enforcement report back to a court within 15 days of using the a roving wiretap <ref name="HAMDT490">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00490: H. AMDT 490] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Darrell E. Issa]]</ref> and the narrowing of the scope for "sneak-and-peek" delayed notification search warrants.<ref name="HAMDT495">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00495: H. AMDT 495] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Jeff Flake]]</ref> Several other amendments were related to NSLs, including allowing those in receipt of an NSL the ability to consult a lawyer and challenge it in court <ref name="HAMDT492">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00492: H. AMDT 492] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Jeff Flake]]</ref> and preventing the penalization of NSL recipients who are mentally incompetent, under undue stress, under threat of bodily harm, or under a threat of being fired if they disclose they have been served an NSL.<ref name="HAMDT493">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00493: H. AMDT 493] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Maxine Waters]]</ref> Other amendments included standardizing penalties for terrorist attacks and other violence against railroad carriers and mass transportation systems on land, water, or in the air<ref name="HAMDT491">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00491: H. AMDT 491] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Shelley Moore Capito]]</ref> and clarifying the definition of terrorism in forfeiture laws.<ref name="HAMDT494">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00494: H. AMDT 494] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[William D. Delahunt]]</ref> Congressman [[Howard Berman]] proposed an amendment that required a report to Congress on the development and use of [[data-mining]] technology by departments and agencies of the Federal government.<ref name="HAMDT497">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00497: H. AMDT 497] (21st June, 2005). Proposed by [[Howard L. Berman]]</ref> Other amendments were proposed to other areas not covered by the USA PATRIOT Act, for instance one amendment defined a new crime of "narco-terrorism", while another addressed crime and terrorism at U.S. seaports. The bill was passed 257-171<ref name="RollCall414_2005">[http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2005/roll414.xml Roll call 414] for H.R. 3199. July 21st, 2005.</ref> however when it was introduced into the Senate it was replaced by a bill proposed by [[Arlen Spector]], S.1389. The Senate then requested a [[United States Congress Conference committee|conference]] with the House. 

The House responded on September 11 that they unanimously disagreed with the Senate amendment, and agreed to a conference. They then attempted to make a number of changes to the bill however it was not enough for Republican Senators Larry Craig, John Sununu and Lisa Murkowski, and Democratic Senators Dick Durbin, Russ Feingold and Ken Salazar, who wrote a letter threatening to block the bill if further changes were not made.<ref name="6SenatorsThreatBlockReauthBill">{{cite news|title=Bipartisan group of senators threatens to hold up Patriot Act reauthorization|date=November 17th, 2005|publisher=The America's Intelligence Wire|first=Jesse J.|last=Holland}}</ref> The House duly proposed a House report, which was incorporated into a Conference report, which was then presented to the Senate. However, the Senate rejected the report, and on December 16th refused to end debate on legislation to renew the Act. A [[cloture motion]] was then ordered, but it failed, having fallen seven votes short of invoking closure on the matter, leaving the future of the Act in doubt. The vote went as follows: Fifty Republicans as well as two Democrats voted unsuccessfully to end debate; Five Republicans, 41 Democrats and one independent voted to block.<ref name="ClotureMotion">[http://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=109&session=1&vote=00358 Senate Roll Call 358] for H.R. 3199. December 16th, 2005.</ref> With the sunsets threatening to expire, on December 21 the U.S. Senate came to a bipartisan agreement (S.2167) to extend by six months the expiring provisions of the Act.<ref name="S2167">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:s.02167: S. 2167], ''[[THOMAS]]''</ref> Under House rules, the House Judiciary Committee Chairman James Sensenbrenner had the authority to block enactment of the six-month extension. On the following day the House rejected the six-month extension and voted for a one-month extension,<ref name="HR-AMDT678">[http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d109:HZ00678: House Amendment 678] (December 22nd, 2005), proposed by [[James Sensenbrenner]].</ref> which the Senate subsequently approved later that night.<ref name="SenateApprovesHR-AMDT678">{{USCongRec|2005|S14424|date=December 22nd, 2005}}</ref> However, on February 1st, the House voted to again extend the sunsets to March 10th.<ref name="Bloomberg2ndExtension">{{cite news|title=U.S. House Approves Patriot Act Extension; Senate to Vote Soon|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000087&sid=asM8HWPchziI&refer=top_world_news|work=Top Worldwide|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|date=February 1st, 2006}}</ref><ref name="SFGate2ndExtension">{{cite news|url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2006/02/02/national/w165714S45.DTL|title=Congress Closer to Extending Patriot Act|first=Laurie|last=Kellman|publisher=[[San Francisco Herald]]|date=February 2nd, 2006}}</ref><ref name="CNN2ndExtension">{{cite news|title=Congress to Give Patriot Act Another Month|url=http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2006/02/01/ap/politics/mainD8FGDRK82.shtml|publisher=[[CBS News]]|date=February 1st, 2006}}</ref><ref name="FoxNews2ndExtension">{{cite news|title=House Passes Temporary Extension of Patriot Act|url=http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,183454,00.html|publisher=[[Fox News]]|date=February 1st, 2006}}</ref> The reauthorization Act was finally passed on March 2nd by the Senate with a vote of 95-4, though this was opposed by Senator Feingold who unsuccessfully attempted to extend the sunsets.<ref name="March2ndReauthPassed">{{cite news|title=Senate passes Patriot Act changes|url=http://www.usatoday.com/news/washington/2006-03-01-patriot-act_x.htm|first=John|last=Diamond|publisher=[[USA Today]]|work=Washington/Politics|March 1st, 2006}}</ref> The House voted 280-138 in favour of authorizing the Act.<ref name="HouseApprovesReauthAct">{{cite news|title=House approves Patriot Act renewal|url=http://www.cnn.com/2006/POLITICS/03/07/patriot.act/index.html|publisher=[[CNN]]|date=March 7th, 2006|work=Politics}}</ref> Finally, on March 8th, President Bush signed the reauthorization Act,<ref name="BloombergBushSignReauthAct">{{cite news|title=Bush Logs Victory as USA Patriot Act Passes Congress|url=http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=10000103&sid=aqe0iCqhjqwo&refer=us|author=Jeff Bliss|coauthors=James Rowley|publisher=[[Bloomberg L.P.|Bloomberg]]|date=March 8th, 2006}}</ref> declaring that "The Patriot Act has served America well, yet we cannot let the fact that America has not been attacked since September the 11th lull us into the illusion that the terrorist threat has disappeared" and that the White House would "continue to give [military law enforcement, homeland security and intelligence professionals] the tools to get the job done."<ref name="BushSpeechBeforeSigningReauth">[http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/03/09/AR2006030901294.html Bush Speaks After Signing Patriot Act] (March 9, 2006). ''[[The Washington Post]]''. [[Transcript]].</ref> However, after the ceremony, he issued a [[Signing statement (United States)|signing statement]] that "The executive branch shall construe the provisions of H.R. 3199 that call for furnishing information to entities outside the executive branch, such as sections 106A and 119, in a manner consistent with the President's constitutional authority to supervise the unitary executive branch and to withhold information the disclosure of which could impair foreign relations, national security, the deliberative processes of the Executive, or the performance of the Executive's constitutional duties"<ref name="BushSigningStatement">{{cite press release|url=http://www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2006/03/20060309-8.html|publisher=[[The White House]]|title=President's Statement on H.R. 199, the "USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005"|date=March 9th, 2006}}</ref> &mdash; in other words, he would not feel bound to comply with some of the provisions of the law if they conflicted with other Constitutional laws.<ref name="WikinewsBushSigningStatement">{{cite news|publisher=[[Wikinews]]|url=http://en.wikinews.org/wiki/Bush_declares_immunity_from_Patriot_Act_oversight|title=Bush declares immunity from Patriot Act oversight|date=March 24th, 2006}}</ref> This immediately drew a sharp rebuke from Senator Leahy, who condemned the statement as "nothing short of a radical effort to re-shape the constitutional separation of powers and evade accountability and responsibility for following the law ... The President’s signing statements are not the law, and we should not allow them to be the last word.  The President’s constitutional duty is to faithfully execute the laws as written by the Congress.  It is our duty to ensure, by means of congressional oversight, that he does so."<ref name="LeahyReauthRebuke">{{cite press release|url=http://leahy.senate.gov/press/200603/031506c.html|title=Leahy: President Strikes Again In PATRIOT Act Bill Signing Statement; Suggests He'll Pick And Choose Which Parts Of Law To Follow|publisher=Office of Patrick Leahy, Senator for Vermont|date= March 15, 2006}}</ref><ref name="BostonGlobeBushSigningStatement">{{cite news|url=http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2006/03/24/bush_shuns_patriot_act_requirement/|title=Bush shuns Patriot Act requirement|publisher=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=March 24, 2006|page=2}}</ref>

===Judge strikes NSL provisions===
Though in the 2004 ''Doe v. Gonzalez'' case it was ruled that the NSL provisions of {{usc|18|2709}} violated the First and Fourth Amendments of the US Constitution, the Department of Justice had appealed against this decision. The reauthorization Act, however, modified the law and made judicial review a requirement of NSLs but never removed the permanent gag provision. Therefore, on September 6th, 2007, U.S. District Judge [[Victor Marrero]] ruled that the use of NSLs to gain access to e-mail and telephone data from private companies for counter-terrorism investigations was "the legislative equivalent of breaking and entering, with an ominous free pass to the hijacking of constitutional values". The court struck down NSLs because the gag power was unconstitutional and courts could still not engage in meaningful judicial review of these gags.<ref name="ACLU-NSLs">{{cite press release|url=http://www.aclu.org/safefree/nationalsecurityletters/31580prs20070906.html|title=Federal Court Strikes Down National Security Letter Provision of Patriot Act|publisher=[[American Civil Liberties Union]]|date=September 6th, 2007|quote=NEW YORK - A federal court today struck down the amended Patriot Act's National Security Letter (NSL) provision. The law has permitted the FBI to issue NSLs demanding private information about people within the United States without court approval, and to gag those who receive NSLs from discussing them. The court found that the gag power was unconstitutional and that because the statute prevented courts from engaging in meaningful judicial review of gags, it violated the First Amendment and the principle of separation of powers.}}</ref><ref name="WashingtonPost-NSLs2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2007/09/06/AR2007090601438.html|title=Judge Invalidates Patriot Act Provisions|publisher=[[The Washington Post]]|first=Dan|last=Eggen|date=September 7, 2007|page=A01}}</ref><ref name="Guardian-NSLs2007">{{cite news|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,-6903200,00.html|title=Judge Strikes Down Part of Patriot Act|first=Larry|last=Neumeister|date=September 7, 2007|publisher=[[The Guardian]]}}</ref>

==Titles==
===Titles I and X: Miscellaneous provisions===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title I|USA PATRIOT Act, Title X}}
Title I authorizes measures to enhance the ability of domestic security services to prevent terrorism. The title establishes a fund for counter-terrorist activities, condemns discrimination against Arab and Muslim Americans, increases funding for the [[Federal Bureau of Investigation|FBI]]'s Technical Support Center, allows for military assistance in some situations involving [[weapons of mass destruction]] when requested by the [[Attorney General]], expanded the National Electronic Crime Task Force, and expanded the [[President of the United States|President]]'s authority and abilities in case of terrorism. The impetus for many of the provisions came from earlier bills. For instance the condemnation of discrimination was originally proposed by Senator [[Tom Harkin]] ([[Democratic party (United States)|D]]-[[Iowa|IA]]) in an amendment to the ''Combatting Terrorism Act of 2001'', though in a different form. It originally included "the prayer of Cardinal Theodore McCarrick, the Archbishop of Washington in a Mass on September 12, 2001 for our Nation and the victims in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist hijackings and attacks in New York City, Washington, D.C., and Pennsylvania reminds all Americans that 'we must seek the guilty and not strike out against the innocent or we become like them who are without moral guidance or direction.'"<ref name="HarkinAntiDiscriminationAmdt">{{USCongRec|2001|S9368|date=September 13, 2001}}</ref>

===Title II: Surveillance procedures===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title II}}

Title II is titled "Enhanced Surveillance Procedures" and covers all aspects of the surveillance of suspected [[terrorist]]s, those suspected of engaging in computer fraud or abuse, and agents of a foreign power who are engaged in clandestine activities. It primarily made amendments to FISA and the ECPA, and many of the most controversial aspects of the Patriot Act reside in this title. In particular, the title allows government agencies to gather "foreign intelligence information" from both U.S. and non-U.S. citizens, and changed FISA to make gaining foreign intelligence information the significant purpose of FISA-based surveillance, where previously it had been the primary purpose.<ref name="Section218">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 218.</ref> The change in definition was meant to remove a legal "wall" between criminal investigations and surveillance for the purposes of gathering foreign intelligence, which hampered investigations when criminal and foreign surveillance overlapped.<ref name="ABAAndrewMcCarthySection218InitialArgument">[[Andrew C. McCarthy]], [http://www.patriotdebates.com/218-2#opening "Why Section 218 Should be Retained"], accessed January 23, 2006. ''The Patriot Debates''.</ref> However, that this wall even existed was found by the Federal Surveillance Court of Review to have actually been a long-held misinterpretation by government agencies. Also removed was the statutory requirement that the government prove a surveillance target under FISA is a non-U.S. citizen and agent of a foreign power, though it did require that any investigations must not be undertaken on citizens who are carrying out activities protected by the [[First Amendment to the United States Constitution|First Amendment]].<ref name="Section214">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 214.</ref> The title also expanded the duration of FISA physical search and surveillance orders,<ref name="Section207">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 207.</ref> and gave authorities the ability to share information gathered before a federal [[grand jury]] with other agencies.<ref name="Section203">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 203.</ref>

The scope and availablility of wiretap and surveillance orders were expanded under title II. Wiretaps were expanded to include addressing and routing information to allow surveillance of [[packet switched network]]s<ref name="Section216">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 216.</ref> &mdash; EPIC objected to this, arguing that it does not take into account email or web addresses, which often contain content in the address information.<ref name=EPIC_StatDefVagueSection216>[http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/ Analysis of Specific USA PATRIOT Act Provisions: Pen Registers, the Internet and Carnivore], [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]. Accessed December 4, 2005.</ref> The Act allowed any district court judge in the United States to issue such a surveillance orders<ref name="Section216"/> and search warrants for terrorism investigations.<ref name="Secton219">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 219.</ref> Search warrants were also expanded, with the Act amending Title III of the ''Stored Communications Access Act'' to allow the FBI to gain access to stored voicemail through a search warrant, rather than through the more stringent wiretap laws.<ref name="TitleIIStorageSections">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 204 & 209.</ref>

Various provisions allowed for the disclosure of electronic communications to law enforcement agencies. Those who operate or own a "protected computer" can give permission for authorities to intercept communications carried out on the machine, thus bypassing the requirements of the Wiretap statute.<ref name="Section217">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 217.</ref> The definition of a "protected computer" is defined in {{usc-clause|18|1030|(e)(2)}} and broadly encompasses those computers used in interstate or foreign commerce or communication, including ones located outside the United States. The law governing obligatory and voluntary disclosure of customer communications by [[Cable television|Cable]] companies was altered to allow agencies to demand such communications under U.S.C. Title 18 provisions relating to the disclosure of electronic communications (chapter 119), pen registers and trap and trace devices (chapter 206) and stored communications (121), though it excluded the disclosure of cable subscriber viewing habits.<ref name="Section211">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 211.</ref> [[Subpoena]]s issued to [[Internet Service Providers]] were expanded to include not only "the name, address, local and long distance telephone toll billing records, telephone number or other subscriber number or identity, and length of service of a subscriber" but also session times and durations, types of services used, communication device address information (e.g. [[IP address]]es), payment method and bank account and credit card numbers.<ref name="Section210">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 210.</ref> Communication providers are also allowed to disclose customer records or communications if they suspect there is a danger to "life and limb".<ref name="Section212">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 212.</ref>

Title II established three very controversial provisions: "sneak and peak" searches, [[roving wiretap]]s and the ability of the FBI to gain access to documents that reveal the patterns of U.S. citizens. The so-called "sneak and peak" law allows for delayed notification of the execution of search warrants. The period before which the FBI must notify the recipients of the order was unspecified in the Act &mdash; the FBI field manual says that it is a "flexible standard"<ref name="flexibleStandard">[http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/DOJ_guidance.pdf Field Guidance on New Authorities (Redacted)], [[Federal Bureau of Investigation]] (hosted by the [[Electronic Privacy Information Center]]). Accessed 2007-09-24.</ref> &mdash; and it may be extended at the court's discretion.<ref name="Section213">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 213.</ref> Roving wiretaps are wiretap orders that do not need to specify all common carriers and third parties in a surveillance court order. These are seen as important by the Department of Justice because they believe that terrorists can exploit wiretap orders by rapidly changing locations and communication devices such as cell phones,<ref name="RovingWiretapFor">''[[United States Department of Justice]]'', [http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/what_is_the_patriot_act.pdf The USA PATRIOT Act: Preserving Life and Liberty], pg. 2. Accessed 2007-09024.</ref> while opponents see it as violating the particularity clause of the [[Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution|Fourth Amendment]].<ref name="ABA_Section206_Dempsey">[[James Dempsey]], [http://www.patriotdebates.com/206-2#opening "Why Section 206 Should be Modified"] (undated), accessed January 7, 2006.</ref><ref name="EFFSection206">''[[Electronic Frontier Foundation|EFF]]'', [http://www.eff.org/patriot/sunset/206.php "Let the Sun Set on PATRIOT - Section 206: 'Roving Surveillance Authority Under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978'"], accessed December 28, 2005</ref> Another highly controversial provision is one that allows the FBI to make an order "requiring the production of any tangible things (including books, records, papers, documents, and other items) for an investigation to protect against international terrorism or clandestine intelligence activities, provided that such investigation of a United States person is not conducted solely upon the basis of activities protected by the first amendment to the Constitution."<ref name="Section215">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 215.</ref> Though it was not targeted directly at libraries, the [[American Library Association]] (ALA), in particular, opposed this provision. In a resolution passed on [[June 29]], [[2005]] they stated that "Section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act allows the government to secretly request and obtain library records for large numbers of individuals without any reason to believe they are involved in illegal activity".<ref>''[[American Library Association]]'', [http://www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=ifresolutions&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=101514 Resolution on the USA PATRIOT Act and Libraries], enacted June 29, 2005</ref> However, the ALA's stance did not go without criticism. One prominent critic of the ALA's stance was the [[Manhattan Institute]]'s [[Heather Mac Donald]], who argued in an article for the ''[[City Journal (New York)|New York City Journal]]'' that "[t]he furore over section 215 is a case study in Patriot Act fear-mongering."<ref>{{cite news|authorlink=Heather Mac Donald|date=Summer 2003|first=Heather|last=Mac Donald|url=http://www.city-journal.org/html/13_3_straight_talk.html|title=Straight Talk on Homeland Security|publisher=[[City Journal (New York)|City Journal]]}}</ref>

The title also covers a number of other miscellaneous provisions, including the expansion of the number of FISC judges from seven to eleven (three of which must reside within 20 miles of the [[District of Columbia]]),<ref name="Section208">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 208.</ref> trade sanctions against [[North Korea]] and [[Taliban]]-controlled [[Afghanistan]] <ref name="Section221">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 221.</ref> and the employment of [[translator]]s by the FBI.<ref name="Section205">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 205.</ref>

At the insistence of Republican Senator [[Richard Armey]],<ref name="6WeeksInAutumn"/> the Act had a number of [[sunset provision]]s built in, which were originally set to expire on December 31, 2005. The sunset provision of the Act also took into account any ongoing foreign intelligence investigations and allowed them to continue once the sections had expired. <ref name="Section225Sunsets">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 224.</ref> The provision that were to expire are below. 

{| class=prettytable
|+ Title II sections that were to originally expire on December 31, 2005
|- 
!  '''Section'''
!  '''Section title'''
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 201
| Authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to terrorism
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 202
| Authority to intercept wire, oral, and electronic communications relating to computer fraud and abuse offenses
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 203(b)
| Authority to share electronic, wire and oral interception information
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 204
| Clarification of intelligence exceptions from limitations on interception and disclosure of wire, oral, and electronic communications
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 206
| Roving surveillance authority under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978.
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 207
| Duration of FISA surveillance of non-United States persons who are agents of a foreign power
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 209
| Seizure of voice-mail messages pursuant to warrants
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 212
| Emergency disclosure of electronic communications to protect life and limb
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 214
| Pen register and trap and trace authority under FISA
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 215
| Access to records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act.
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 217
| Interception of computer trespasser communications
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 218
| Foreign intelligence information
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 220
| Nationwide service of search warrants for electronic evidence
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 223
| Civil liability for certain unauthorized disclosures
|- VALIGN=TOP
| 225
| Immunity for compliance with FISA wiretap
|-
|}

===Title III: Anti-money-laundering to prevent terrorism===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title III}}
Title III of the Act, titled "International Money Laundering Abatement and Financial Anti-Terrorism Act of 2001", is intended to facilitate the prevention, detection and prosecution of international [[money laundering]] and the financing of [[terrorism]]. It primarily amends portions of the ''[[Money Laundering Control Act of 1986]]'' (MLCA)  and the ''[[Bank Secrecy Act of 1970]]'' (BSA). It is divided into three subtitles, with the first dealing primarily with strengthening banking rules specifically against money laundering, especially on the international stage. The second attempts to improve communication between law enforcement agencies and financial institutions. This subtitle also increases record keeping and reporting requirements. The third subtitle deals with currency smuggling and counterfeiting, including quadrupling the maximum penalty for counterfeiting foreign currency.

The first subtitle tightened the record keeping requirements for financial institutions, making them record the aggregate amounts of transactions processed from areas of the world where money laundering is a concern to the U.S. government. It also made institutions put into place reasonable steps to identify [[beneficial owner]]s of bank accounts and those who are authorized to use or route funds through [[payable-through account]]s.<ref name="Section311">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 311.</ref> It also charged the U.S Treasury with formulating regulations designed to foster information sharing between financial institutions in order to prevent money-laundering.<ref name="Section314">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 314.</ref> Along with expanding record keeping requirements it put new regulations into place to make it easier for authorities to identify money laundering activities and to make it harder for money launderers to mask their identities.<ref name="Section317">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 317.</ref> If money laundering was uncovered, the subtitle legislated for the forfeiture of assets of those suspected of doing the money laundering<ref name="MLForfeiture">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 312, 313, 319 & 325.</ref> In an effort to encourage institutions to do their bit to reduce money laundering, the Treasury was given authority to block mergers of [[bank holding company|bank holding companies]] and [[bank]]s with other banks and bank holding companies, or mergers between insured depository institutions and non-insured depository institutions that have a bad track record in combating money-laundering.<ref name="Section327">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 327.</ref>

Restrictions were placed on accounts and foreign banks. Foreign [[shell banks]] that are not an affiliate of a bank that has a physical presence in the U.S. or that are not subject to supervision by a banking authority in a non-U.S. country were prohibited. The subtitle has several sections that prohibit or restrict the use of certain accounts held at financial instutitions.<ref name="Section313">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 313.</ref> Financial institutions must now undertake steps to identify the owners of any privately owned bank outside the U.S. who have a [[correspondent account]] with them, along with the interests of each of the owners in the bank. It is expected that additional scrutiny will be applied by the U.S. institution to such banks to make sure they are not engaging in money laundering. They must also identify the nominal and beneficial owners of any private bank account opened and maintained in the U.S. by non-U.S. citizens and must undertake enhanced scrutiny of the account if it is owned by, or is being maintained on behalf of, any senior [[politician|political figure]] where there is reasonable suspicion of [[Political corruption|corruption]].<ref name="Section312">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 312.</ref> Any deposits made from within the U.S. into foreign banks are now deemed to have been deposited into any [[Interbank network|interbank account]] the foreign bank may have in the U.S. Thus any [[restraining order]], seizure warrant or [[arrest warrant]] may be made against the funds in the interbank account held at a U.S. financial institution, up to the amount deposited in the account at the foreign bank.<ref name="Section319">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 319.</ref> Restrictions were placed on the use of internal bank [[concentration account]]s because such accounts do not provide an effective [[audit trail]] for transactions, and this may be used to facilitate money laundering. Financial institutions are prohibited from allowing clients to specifically direct them to move funds into, out of, or through a concentration account, and they are also prohibited from informing their clients about the existence of such accounts. Financial instutitons are not allowed to provide any information to clients that may identify such internal accounts.<ref name="Section325">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 325.</ref> Financial institutions are required to document and follow methods of identifying where the funds are for each customer in a concentration account that co-mingles funds belonging to one or more customers. 

The definition of money laundering was expanded to include making a financial transaction in the U.S. in order to commit a crime of violence;<ref name=Sec315_18USC1956c7Bii>Amendment made to {{usc-clause|18|1956|(c)(7)(B)(ii)}} &mdash; for some reason an extra parenthesis was inserted into {{usc-clause|18|1956|(c)(7)(B)(iii)}}, according to [http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/html/uscode18/usc_sec_18_00001956----000-.html#FN-1 Cornell University], this was probably mistakenly added by law makers</ref> the bribery of public officials and fraudulent dealing with public funds; the smuggling or illegal export of controlled munitions;<ref name=Sec315_MunitionsIllegalExport>Illegal export of controlled munitions is defined in the United States Munitions List, which is part of the ''[[Arms Export Control Act]]'' ({{usc|22|2778}})</ref> the importation or bringing in of any firearm or ammunition not authorised by the U.S. Attorney General<ref name=315_UnauthorizedFirearmAmmunition>See {{usc-clause|18|922|(l)}} and {{usc-clause|18|925|(d)}}</ref> and the smuggling of any item controlled under the Export Administration Regulations.<ref name="Sec315_ExportAdminRegulations">Defined in 15 [[Code of Federal Regulations|CFR]] 730-774</ref><ref name="Section315">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 315.</ref> It also includes any offense where the U.S. would be obligated under a [[mutual treaty]] with a foreign nation to [[extradite]] a person, or where the U.S. would need to submit a case against a person for prosecution due to the treaty; the importation of falsely classified goods;<ref name=Sec315_FalselyClassifiedGoods>Defined in {{usc|18|541}}</ref> [[computer crime]];<ref name=Sec315_ComputerCrime>Defined in {{usc|18|1030}}</ref> and any [[felony]] violation of the ''[[Foreign Agents Registration Act of 1938]]''.<ref name="Section315"/> It also allows the forfeiture of any property within the jurisdiction of the United States that was gained as the result of an offense against a foreign nation that involves the manufacture, importation, sale, or distribution of a controlled substance.<ref name="Section320">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 320. Amended {{usc-clause|18|981|(A)(1)(B)}}.</ref> Foreign nations may now seek to have a forfeiture or judgement notification enforced by a district court of the United States <ref name="Section323">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 323. Amended {{usc|28|2467}}</ref> through new legislation that specifies how the U.S. government may apply for a restraining order<ref>Pursuant to {{usc-clause|18|983|(j)}}</ref> to preserve the availability of property which is subject to a foreign forfeiture or confiscation judgement.<ref>{{usc-clause|28|2467|(d)(3)(A)}}</ref> A large emphasis is placed on the ability of a foreign court to follow [[due process]] when considering an application for a forfeiture or confiscation judgement to be registered and enforced in the U.S.. <ref>{{usc-clause|28|2467|(b)(1)(c)}} & {{usc-clause|28|2467|(d)(1)(D)}}</ref><ref name="Section323"/> The Act also requires the Secretary of Treasury to take all reasonable steps to encourage foreign governments make it a requirement to include the name of the originator in [[wire transfer]] instructions sent to the United States and other countries, with the information to remain with the transfer from its origination until the point of disbursement.<ref name="Section328">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 328.</ref> The Secretary was also ordered to encourage international cooperation in investigations of money laundering, financial crimes, and the finances of terrorist groups.<ref name="Section330">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 330.</ref>

The Act also introduced criminal penalties for corrupt officialdom. An official or employee of the government who acts corruptly &mdash; as well as the person who induces the corrupt act &mdash; in the carrying out of their official duties will be fined by an amount that is not more than three times the monetary equivalent of the bribe in question. Alternatively they may be imprisoned for not more than 15 years, or they may be fined and imprisoned. Penalties apply to financial institutions who do not comply with an order to terminate any corresponding accounts within 10 days of being so ordered by the Attorney General or the Secretary of Treasury. The financial institution can be fined [[$US]]10,000 for each day the account remains open after the 10 day limit has expired.<ref name="Section319">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 319. Amended {{usc-clause|31|5318|(k)(3)(C)(iii)}}</ref>

The second subtitle made a number of modifications to the BSA in an attempt to make it harder for money launderers to operate and easier for law enforcement and regulatory agencies to police money laundering operations. One amendment made to the BSA was to allow the designated officer or agency who receives [[suspicious activity report]]s to notify U.S. intelligence agencies.<ref name="Section356">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 356.</ref> A number of amendments were made to address issues related to record keeping and financial reporting. One measure was a new requirement that anyone who does business file a report for any coin and foreign currency receipts that are over [[United States dollar|US$]]10,000 and made it illegal to structure transactions in a manner that evades the BSA's reporting requirements.<ref name="Section365">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 365.</ref> To make it easier for authorities to regulate and investigate anti-money laundering operations Money Services Businesses (MSBs) — those who operate [[informal value transfer system]]s outside of the mainstream financial system — were included in the definition of a financial institution.<ref name="Section359">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 359.</ref> The BSA was amended to make it mandatory to report suspicious transactions and an attempt was made to make such reporting easier for financial institutions.<ref name="Section352_354_365">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 352, 354 & 365.</ref> [[FinCEN]] was  made a [[bureau]] of the [[United States Department of Treasury]]<ref name="Section361">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 361.</ref> and the creation of a secure [[computer network|network]] to be used by financial institutions to report suspicious transactions and to provide alerts of relevant suspicious activities was ordered.<ref name="Section362">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 362.</ref> Along with these reporting requirements, a considerable number of provisions relate to the prevention and prosecution of money-laundering.<ref name="Section352">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 352.</ref> Financial instutitions were ordered to estable anti-money laundering programs and the BSA was amended to better define anti-money laundering strategy.<ref name="Section354">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 354.</ref> Also increased were civil and criminal penalties for money laundering and the introduction of penalties for violations of [[geographic targeting orders]] and certain record-keeping requirements.<ref name="Section353">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 353.</ref> A number of other amendments to the BSA were made through subtitle B, including granting the [[Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System]] power to authorize personnel to act as law enforcement officers to protect the premises, grounds, property and personnel of any U.S. Federal reserve bank and allowing the Board to delegate this authority to U.S. Federal reserve banks.<ref name="Section364">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 364.</ref> Another measure instructed United States Executive Directors of international financial institutions to use their voice and vote to support any country that has taken action to support the U.S.'s War on Terrorism, and to require such Executive Directors provide ongoing auditing of  disbursements made from their institutions to ensure that no funds are paid to persons who commit, threaten to commit, or support terrorism.<ref name="Section360">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 360.</ref>

The third subtitle deals with currency crimes. Largely due to the effectiveness of the BSA, money launders had been avoiding traditional financial institutions to launder money and were using cash-based businesses to avoid traditional financial institutions. A new effort was made to stop the laundering of money through bulk currency movements, mainly focusing on the confiscation of criminal proceeds and the increase in penalties for money laundering. Congress found that a criminal offence of merely evading the reporting of money transfers was insufficient and decided that it would be better if the smuggling of the bulk currency itself was the offence. Therefore, the BSA was amended to make it a criminal offence to evade currency reporting by concealing more than US$10,000 on any person or through any luggage, merchandise or other container that moves into or out of the U.S.. The penalty for such an offence is up to 5 years imprisonment and the forfeiture of any property up to the amount that was being smuggled.<ref name="Section371">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 371.</ref> It also made the civil and criminal penalty violations of currency reporting cases<ref name="CrimeCurrencyVio">So defined in {{usc|31|5313}}, {{usc|31|5316}} and {{usc|31|5324}}</ref> be the forfeiture of all a defendant's property that was involved in the offense, and any property traceable to the defendant.<ref name="Section372>USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 372. Amended {{usc-clause|31|5317|(c)}}</ref> The Act prohibits and penalizes those who run unlicensed money transmitting businesses.<ref name="Section373">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 371. Amended {{usc|18|1960}}.</ref> In 2005 this provision of Patriot Act was used to prosecute Yehuda Abraham for helping to arrange money transfers for British arms dealer Hermant Lakhani, who was arrested in August 2003 after being caught in a government sting. Lakhani had tried to sell a missile to an FBI agent posing as a Somali militant.<ref name="HermantLakhani">{{cite news|url=http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=4756706|title=The Patriot Act: Justice Department Claims Success|date=July 20, 2005|publisher=[[National Public Radio]]}}</ref> The definition of counterfeiting was expanded to encompass analog, digital, or electronic image reproductions, and if was made an offence to own such a reproduction device. Penalties were increased to 20 years imprisonment.<ref name="Section374">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 374. Amended {{usc|18|1960}}.</ref> Money laundering "unlawful activities" was expanded to include the provision of material support or resources to designated foreign terrorist organizations.<ref name="Section376">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 376. Amended {{usc-clause|18|1956|(c)(7)(D)}}</ref> The Act specifies that anyone who commits or conspires to undertake a fraudulent activity [[Extraterritorial jurisdiction|outside the jurisdiction]] of the United States, and which would be an offense in the U.S., will be prosecuted under {{usc|18|1029}}, which deals with fraud and related activity in connection with access devices.<ref name="Section377">USA PATRIOT Act ([[United States|U.S.]] [[United States House of Representatives|H.R.]] 3162, [[Public Law]] 107-56), Title II, Sec. 377.</ref>

===Title IV: Border security===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title IV}}

===Title V: Terrorism investigation===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title V}}

===Title VI: Victims and families of victims of terrorism===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title VI}}

===Title VII: Information sharing for infrastructure protection===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title VII}}

===Title VIII: Terrorism criminal law===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title VIII}}

===Title IX: Improved Intelligence===
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act, Title IX}}

==Controversy==
{{main|USA PATRIOT Act controversy}}
==References==
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