CJ 2696 Lecture Notes - Lecture 14: Patriot Act, Cybercrime, United States Attorney General
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Media bombings - madrid - 192 people killed, 1400 injured. In the uk a bill dealing with national security was passed one month after it was submitted to the legislature. This was one of the biggest pieces of legislation passed by parliament since the end of ww2. The us followed the brits with passing the usa patriot act within months after the. Initial legal response to 9/11 terrorist attacks use all necessary and appropriate force against those: Committed or aided in the terrorist attacks that occurred on sept. 11, 2001, or. Harbored such organizations or persons in order to prevent any future acts of international terrorism against the us by such nations, organizations or persons. Initially the patriot act was supported widely, however. Soon after it went into effect, many argued it read like the rico laws which was supposed to go after criminal organizations.