How the P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act powers have been used so far
TalkLeft tells us about how Justice Department has used its P.A.T.R.I.O.T. Act powers, and provides a link to the report (PDF) that's going to have to be added to the Attack on Civil Rights page later today.
Among the findings:
~ The Department has used the new powers of the PATRIOT Act for non-terrorism cases (drug violations, credit card fraud, theft from a bank account, a lawyer who defrauded his clients).
~The Department has sought and the courts have authorized delayed notification of search warrants 47 times. Some courts have authorized delayed notification lasting until the indictment was unsealed. The Department has sought extensions of such delayed notifications 248 times.
~The Attorney General made emergency authorizations 113 times for FISA electronic surveillance and/or physical searches in a one-year period.[p6: twice a week??]
~Prior to moving to DHS, the INS did not charge any aliens with the expanded terrorism grounds of inadmissibility or deportability provided under section 411 of the PATRIOT Act.
posted by Prometheus 6 at 5/22/2003 11:36:12 AM |
Posted by P6 at May 22, 2003 11:36 AM
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