Surveillance

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The Founding Record

  • The Fourth Amendment

    Warrants must name the place and the thing. General warrants are the abuse this forbids.

The Acts Record

  • USA PATRIOT Act

    Named for patriotism. Section 215 authorized collection of business records without individualized suspicion.

  • FISA Amendments Act of 2008

    The name claims nothing. Section 702 authorized acquisition of communications content without a warrant, and three federal appeals courts upheld it.

  • Bank Secrecy Act

    Signed October 26, 1970. Thirty-one years later to the day, the PATRIOT Act rewrote its stated purpose to add counterterrorism.

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