A2: Privacy K Plan only works within existing frameworks: Patriot Act gave the green light for electronic surveillance Karim ‘04 [Wassim, Attorney, former associate editor of Washington University Journal of Law and Policy; Vol. 14; p. 505] Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Legislation pertaining to electronic surveillance has been modified repeatedly over the years,133 the most recent development of which has been the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools PATRIOT Act.134 this legislation broadens Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, or the USA Generally, federal law authority to use surveillance and eliminates barriers in retrieving enforcement’s intelligence information.135 by lowering the standard of proof and reducing judicial In particular, oversight, the Act broadens the ability to obtain the information that a business maintains about an individual when the FBI is FBI’s the Act broadens the ability to conduct government’s conducting an intelligence investigation.136 Furthermore, searches in secret.137
A2: Privacy K Plan only works within existing frameworks: Patriot Act gave the green light for electronic surveillance Karim ‘04 [Wassim, Attorney, former associate editor of Washington University Journal of Law and Policy; Washington University Journal of Law and Policy, Vol. 14; p. 505] Legislation pertaining to electronic surveillance has been modified repeatedly over the years,133 the most recent development of which has been the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act, or the USA PATRIOT Act.134 Generally, this legislation broadens federal law enforcement’s authority to use surveillance and eliminates barriers in retrieving intelligence information.135 In particular, by lowering the standard of proof and reducing judicial oversight, the Act broadens the FBI’s ability to obtain the information that a business maintains about an individual when the FBI is conducting an intelligence investigation.136 Furthermore, the Act broadens the government’s ability to conduct searches in secret.137
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