providing aid to terrorism victims and public safety officers involved in investigating or preventing terrorism or responding to terrorist attacks.making it harder for aliens involved in terrorist activities to enter the United States.ending the statute of limitations for certain terror-related crimes.allowing search warrants to be obtained in any district where terror-related activity occurs, no matter where the warrant is executed.providing tougher penalties for convicted terrorists and those who harbor them.improving information and intelligence sharing between government agencies.allowing federal agents to seek federal court permission to obtain bank records and business records to aid in national security terror investigations and prevent money laundering for terrorism financing.allowing delayed notification search warrants to prevent a terrorist from learning they are a suspect.allowing federal agents to request court permission to use roving wiretaps to track a specific terrorist suspect.allowing law enforcement to use surveillance and wiretapping to investigate terror-related crimes.The act aimed to improve homeland security by:
Details of the Patriot ActĪccording to the Department of Justice, the Patriot Act simply expanded the application of tools already being used against drug dealers and organized crime. Attorney General John Ashcroft’s post-9/11 recommendations with a different eye and overwhelmingly passed the Patriot Act.
Faced with millions of fearful voters, Congress approached U.S. All bets were off, however, after 9/11, the deadliest terrorist attack on American soil.
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