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Re: US patriot act - hosting concerns

by Tia Carr Williams -
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Sylvia,

Its very alarming. Here are some commentaries on this:

http://qwstnevrythg.blog-city.com/universities_move_to_hide_work_from_us_eyes.htm

http://archives.msu.edu/icasuv/papers/JackieEsposito.pdf

The Patriot Act,
Terrorism & the Bill of Rights

By Alan Shapiro

 

To the Teacher:

The Patriot Act is a hotly debated law very few have read and about which there is a good deal of ignorance and misunderstanding. Many questions have been raised about the new law. Among them: Does it violate the Bill of Rights and the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution? And if it does, should the gravity of the terrorist threat require such extra-constitutional measures?

The opening exercise offers students an opportunity to learn something about the Patriot Act and to grapple with some of its controversial provisions. Two readings and the questions that follow aim to explore those and other provisions and a values conflict. Most Americans value the Bill of Rights and the Constitution. Most Americans also want to combat terrorist threats effectively. Can the latter be done without damage to the Bill of Rights and the Constitution?

http://www.teachablemoment.org/high/patriotact.html

Websites

American Association of Collegiate Registrars and Admissions Officers, “USA Patriot Act

Issues for Campuses,”

www.aacrao.org

American Bar Association, “USA Patriot Act: The Good, the Bad, and the Sunset,” John

Podesta,

www.abanet.org/irr/hr/winter02/podesta.html

American Civil Liberties Union, “Freedom under Fire: Dissent in Post-9/11 America,”

www.aclu.org

“Insatiable Appetite: The Government’s Demand for New and Unnecessary Powers after

September 11.”

“Unpatriotic Acts: The FBI’s Power to Rifle through your Records and Personal

belongings without telling you.”

American Libraries Association,

www.ala.org

Congressional Research Service, The Library of Congress,

www.crs.gov

Council on Law in Higher Education,

http://clhe.org

Electronic Privacy Information Center,

http://www.epic.org

Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act,

FERPA@Ed.Gov and

http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/guid/fpco/ferpa/index.html

USA Patriot Act,

http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html