USA Patriot Act

<Tab/>The USA Patriot Act is used to "intercept and obstruct terrorism." "Congress enacted the Patriot Act by overwhelming, bipartisan margins, arming law enforcement with new tools to detect and prevent terrorism." The Act was passed unanimously. Only 1 person in the Senate voted against it, and only 66 voted against it in the House. The Patriot Act allows the United States to "use the tools that were already available to investigate organized crime and drug trafficking." The US can now use better surveillance to prevent terrorism. There were times that the criminals w…