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Etzioni, Amitai.

How patriotic is the Patriot Act? : freedom versus security in the age of terrorism / Amitai Etzioni.

New York : Routledge, 2004.

xi, 196 pages ; 21 cm

"How Patriotic is the Patriot Act? provides a comprehensive examination of many of the individual measures contained in the Patriot Act. Etzioni holds these measures to the standard set forth in the 4[superscript th] Amendment prohibiting unreasonable search and seizures and assesses how reasonable the provisions set forth in the Patriot Act are in a post 9/11 world." "How Patriotic is the Patriot Act? is an essential guide for citizens seeking answers to one of the most pressing questions of the 21[superscript st] century: how do we balance our security and freedom in an age of terrorism?"--Jacket.

United States. Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT) Act of 2001.

National security -- Law and legislation -- United States.

Internal security -- United States.

Terrorism -- United States.

Civil rights -- United States.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 151-179) and index.

How liberty is lost -- An overview of security measures -- Privacy and security in electronic communications -- Public health and the threat of bioterrorism -- A case for national ID cards? -- The limits of nation building.

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