Setting the Record Straight: An Analysis of the Justice Department’s PATRIOT Act Website. Center for Democracy and Technology. October 27, 2003.
The PATRIOT Act continues to be controversial. While the administration has vehemently defended its actions under the act and the act itself, it arguments have not been convincing to many including the library community. The CDT describes their contribution to this dialog this way:
In an effort to correct some of the hyperbole associated with the PATRIOT Act, CDT has issued a new analysis of the Justice Department’s website defending the Act. CDT’s analysis notes that in large part the DOJ has failed to engage on substantive criticisms of the Act. Instead DOJ touts provisions no one is objecting to, while describing controversial provisions in misleading terms.
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