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Foerstel, Herbert N.

The Patriot Act : a documentary and reference guide / Herbert N. Foerstel ; foreword by Sanford Berman. - Westport, CT : Greenwood Press, 2008. - xix, 233 p. : ill. ; 29 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 230-233) and index.

The Library Awareness Program : precursor to the USA PATRIOT Act -- The legislative response to 9/11 : conceived under siege, passed in haste -- The USA PATRIOT Act : the bill that defined America's domestic war on terrorism -- Domestic surveillance under the Patriot Act -- Detention, deportation, exclusion, and expropriation -- Congressional oversight of the Patriot Act -- Amendments and legal challenges to the Patriot Act -- Reauthorization and beyond : the new and improved patriot act.

ISBN: 9780313341427 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2007029292

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

Subjects--Topical Terms:
War on Terrorism, 2001---Law and legislation--United States.
Terrorism--Prevention.--United States
Library surveillance--United States.
Domestic surveillance--United States.

LC Class. No.: KF9430 / .F64 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 345.73/02