The ____, implemented in 2001, grants federal authorities expanded surveillance and intelligence-gathering powers, such as broadening their ability to obtain the real identity of internet users and to intercept internet communications.
This is the patriot act. It raised real concerns, as people were worried it violated the privacy rights of citizens. Left wing activists have been lobbying to repeal it for years. The patriot act gave more freedoms to the NSA, who attempt to use it for matters of policing domestic security.
