Author | : Robert P. Abele |
Publisher | : University Press of America |
Release Date | : 2005 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780761830580 |
Pages | : 122 pages |
A User's Guide to the USA PATRIOT Act and Beyond examines the controversial USA PATRIOT Act, passed by Congress six weeks after the horrific events of September 11, 2001. The book summarizes other programs put into operation to severely curtail the civil liberties of Americans, including a second, more intrusive PATRIOT Act, and other proposed programs and laws that attack privacy, probably cause, due process, and free speech.
Author | : Howard Ball |
Publisher | : ABC-CLIO |
Release Date | : 2004-01-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 1851097228 |
Pages | : 265 pages |
Outlines the state of national security before September 11, 2001, the USA PATRIOT ACT passed in response to 9/11, the civil liberties questions posed by the act, and the players on both sides.
Author | : Cary Stacy Smith,Li-Ching Hung |
Publisher | : Charles C Thomas Publisher |
Release Date | : 2010 |
ISBN 10 | : 0398085633 |
Pages | : 262 pages |
Author | : Bill Scheppler |
Publisher | : The Rosen Publishing Group, Inc |
Release Date | : 2005-12-15 |
ISBN 10 | : 9781404204577 |
Pages | : 48 pages |
Describes the September 11th attacks and explains how the United States Patriot Act is meant to provide protection from future terrorist attacks.
Author | : Whitfield Jenks Bell |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Release Date | : 1997 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780871692269 |
Pages | : 531 pages |
When Benjamin Franklin adopted John Bartram's 1739 idea of bringing together the "virtuosi" of the colonies to promote inquiries into "natural secrets, arts & syances," the result was, in 1743, the founding of the American Philosophical Society. Whitfield J. Bell, Jr. records the early years of the Society through sketches of its first members, those elected between 1743 & 1769. Volume 1 includes biographies of some of the Society's best known members such as Franklin, David Rittenhouse, John Bartram, Benjamin Rush, John Dickinson, Thomas Hopkinson & many lesser known merchants, artisans, farmers, physicians, lawyers & clergymen with familiar surnames such as Biddle, Colden, & Morris. A history of this earliest society & its offshoots before 1769, the Young Junto & the American Society for Promoting & Propagating Useful Knowledge, are also included. These sketches, written over several decades, represent in Whitfield J. Bell's words, "the first systematic attempt to collect & preserve data on the lives of [the Society's first] members" & add much to our knowledge of the history & culture of eighteenth-century America.
Author | : George Lionel Stevens |
Publisher | : N.A |
Release Date | : 1834 |
ISBN 10 | : |
Pages | : 86 pages |
Author | : Tom Clancy |
Publisher | : Penguin |
Release Date | : 1988-07-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 9781101002391 |
Pages | : 800 pages |
Don't Miss the Original Series Tom Clancy's Jack Ryan Starring John Krasinski! Tom Clancy reveals Jack Ryan’s origins in this electrifying #1 New York Times bestselling thriller that pits the former Marine turned family man against a vicious group of international terrorists. As an American in London on vacation with his family, Jack Ryan never imagined his quick thinking would prevent an assassination attempt on Britain’s royal family and earn him the gratitude of an entire nation—and the scorn of an ultra-left-wing faction of the IRA. Irish terrorist Sean Miller and his followers in the Ulster Liberation Army intend to make sure Ryan pays for his interference in blood. But he’s not the only one they’re after... With the lives of his pregnant wife and young daughter in mortal danger, Ryan accepts a role as a CIA analyst in order to find Miller and shut down the ULA. Going head to head with a ruthless terrorist is a fool’s errand, but Jack Ryan is the kind of man who will do whatever it takes to protect his family.
Author | : Harold Marcovitz |
Publisher | : ABDO |
Release Date | : 2008 |
ISBN 10 | : 9781604530599 |
Pages | : 112 pages |
Discusses the controversial viewpoints regarding privacy rights.
Author | : Robert Coram |
Publisher | : Little, Brown |
Release Date | : 2007-05-03 |
ISBN 10 | : 0316007595 |
Pages | : 416 pages |
During the course of his military career, Bud Day won every available combat medal, escaped death on no less than seven occasions, and spent 67 months as a POW in the infamous Hanoi Hilton, along with John McCain. Despite sustained torture, Day would not break. He became a hero to POWs everywhere -- a man who fought without pause, not a prisoner of war, but a prisoner at war. Upon his return, passed over for promotion to Brigadier General, Day retired. But years later, with his children grown and a lifetime of service to his country behind him, he would engage in another battle, this one against an opponent he never had expected: his own country. On his side would be the hundreds of thousands of veterans who had fought for America only to be betrayed. And what would happen next would make Bud Day an even greater legend.
Author | : Rebecca Stefoff |
Publisher | : Marshall Cavendish |
Release Date | : 2011 |
ISBN 10 | : 9781608700424 |
Pages | : 143 pages |
Discusses the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001, describing its origins in the aftermath of the September 11 attacks, its provisions and extent, opposition and challenges, the issues at stake, and its renewal in 2006.
Author | : Frank Edward Manuel,Fritzie Prigohzy Manuel |
Publisher | : American Philosophical Society |
Release Date | : 2004 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780871692474 |
Pages | : 274 pages |
Author | : Loren Yager |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Release Date | : 2009-06 |
ISBN 10 | : 1437911412 |
Pages | : 45 pages |
Since 9/11, the U.S. has established tools to address the threat to the U.S. financial system of money laundering and terrorist financing. One tool is Sect. 311 of the USA PATRIOT Act, which authorizes the Treasury Dept. to prohibit U.S. financial institutions from maintaining certain accounts for foreign banks if they involve foreign jurisdictions or institutions found to be of primary money laundering concern. To make this finding, Treasury examines several factors and issues a proposed rule announcing its intent to apply Sect. 311 restrictions. This report examines: (1) the process used to implement Sect. 311 restrictions; (2) the process Treasury follows to finalize or withdraw a proposed rule; and (3) how Treasury assesses the impact of Sect. 311. Illustrations.
Author | : Frank Moore |
Publisher | : N.A |
Release Date | : 1860 |
ISBN 10 | : |
Pages | : 368 pages |
Author | : J. Lee Thompson |
Publisher | : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press |
Release Date | : 2007 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780838641217 |
Pages | : 455 pages |
"This work covers the entire sweep of Milner's career, exploring fully in themselves overlooked areas, including Milner's place in the newspaper "information milieu," his attempts to bring working men into the Unionist fold (before, during, and after the Great War), his conspiratorial role in the 1914 Ulster Crisis, his key, but mostly forgotten, place in the First World War, the Peace of Paris and, throughout, his private life. The book reveals, as has no other, relationships with Margot Tennant (later Asquith), to whom Milner first proposed marriage, his mistress Cecile Duval, the novelist Elinor Glyn, and his two-decades-long liaison with Violet Cecil, who became his wife in 1921, only four years before Milner's death."--BOOK JACKET.
Author | : N.A |
Publisher | : DIANE Publishing |
Release Date | : |
ISBN 10 | : 1428982523 |
Pages | : 329 pages |
Author | : Carol Posner |
Publisher | : Xulon Press |
Release Date | : 2007-07-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 1602665893 |
Pages | : 108 pages |
Wartime communication is poignant and stirring in a way nothing else can possibly be. Told as if sharing with friends, "Ordinary Patriot" is a wartime "coming of age" told through letters, phone calls, and emails from the front lines of Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, and the reactions of those back home. (Practical Life)
Author | : Alphonse B. Ewing |
Publisher | : Nova Publishers |
Release Date | : 2005-01-01 |
ISBN 10 | : 9781594543319 |
Pages | : 133 pages |
The US Patriot Act, one of the most controversial laws of our time, consists of ten titles which, among other things: give federal law enforcement and intelligence officers greater authority (at least temporarily) to gather and share evidence particularly with respect to wire and electronic communications; amend federal money laundering laws, particularly those involving overseas financial activities; create new federal crimes, increase the penalties for existing federal crimes, and adjust existing federal criminal procedure, particularly with respect to acts of terrorism; modify immigration law, increasing the ability of federal authorities to prevent foreign terrorists from entering the US, to detain foreign terrorist suspects, to deport foreign terrorists, and to mitigate the adverse immigration consequences for the foreign victims of September 11; and authorise appropriations to enhance the capacity of immigration, law enforcement, and intelligence agencies to more effectively respond to the threats of terrorism. However, the American Library Association (ALA) Council declares that the ALA considers sections of the USA PATRIOT Act . . . a present danger to the constitutional rights and privacy rights of library users. And civil rights activists have decried the governments interpretation of the act with respect to detaining individuals who may be guilty of nothing more than being born in the Middle East. This new reader presents a section by section analysis of the Act and highlights the provisions that are supposed to expire and when.
Author | : Michael Holley |
Publisher | : Zondervan |
Release Date | : 2009-03-17 |
ISBN 10 | : 9780061749193 |
Pages | : 272 pages |
When Bill Belichick arrived in New England, the Patriots were a laughingstock, an organization with a losing record and a roster of overpaid, underperforming players. So how did a head coach with a questionable record transform this team, garner three Lombardi trophies in four years, and -- with the Pats' 2005 Super Bowl win over the Philadelphia Eagles -- cement the team's place as an NFL dynasty? With unprecedented access granted by Belichick and his staff, author Michael Holley spent two years with the coach, his team, and his brain trust. Holley provides insights into how Belichick and his coaching cabinet prepare for opponents, evaluate talent, run the draft, and design their offensive and defensive schemes. Patriot Reign captures Belichick at his most candid, and what emerges is a portrait of a complicated man who is cerebral, yes, but also tough, demanding, stubborn, funny, profane, and a master strategist. Frank, uncompromising, and stunning, Patriot Reign is required reading for football fans who want to understand what makes a champion tick .
Never before in history has the population of a country suffered more than during the Mexican Revolution. For over a decade, the poor of that country carried on a struggle against the government, the rich landowners and even the Catholic Church. Benito, a young man wishing to become a true revolutionary patriot, joins the forces of Pancho Villa, only to find that his duties make him little more than a horse thief! When he is saved from a government death squad by wealthy Mexican-American rancher Alejandro Guerra, he decides to change his occupation, using his skills with livestock to repay his newfound benefactor. However, Benito soon learns, along with Guerra, that La Revolucin is bent on drawing everything and everyone into the bloody conflict. Along the way, both men find the war's treacherous combatants and ever-shifting alliances will shape life-and death-for years to come.