The USA PATRIOT ACT, FISA, and PRIVACY
 
 
Description of Topic
 
The USA PATRIOT ACT is a law passed by Congress in the aftermath of the 9/11 attacks. It has had a sweeping effect on practices used by law enforcement agencies that can be used against not only suspected terrorists but people in general. FISA is the FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT and is related to the PATRIOT ACT. The impact of the PATRIOT ACT on privacy is a major concern to several groups including librarians.
 
A new act (PATRIOT II) is expected to be proposed by Congress in 2005. Other legislation has also been proposed to modify parts of the PATRIOT ACT.
 
 
Scope of Pathfinder
 
This pathfinder contains links to many web sites that discuss the PATRIOT ACT from different perspectives. Links to the subjects of FISA and Privacy are also included in the list under their own sections.
 
 
 
USA PATRIOT ACT
 
 
The USA PATRIOT Act, Pub. L. No. 107-56, 115 Stat. 272  
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_public_laws&docid=f:publ056.107.pdf
 
 
USA PATRIOT Act,
[Contains links to ACLU’s publications on the PATRIOT Act & related issues.]
www.aclu.org/SafeandFree/SafeandFree.cfm?ID=12126&c=207).  
 
 
Section 215 FAQ,
www.aclu.org/Privacy/Privacy.cfm?ID=11054&c=130
 
 
Seeking Truth from Justice: PATRIOT Propaganda - The Justice Department's Campaign to Mislead the Public about the USA PATRIOT Act,
www.aclu.org/Files/OpenFile.cfm?id=13098
 
 
Confidentiality and Coping with Law Enforcement Inquiries: Guidelines for the Library and its Staff (PDF), www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/guidelineslibrary.pdf
FBI in Your Library, www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/FBI_in_Your_Library.htm
 
 
Resolution on the USA PATRIOT Act and Related Measures that Infringe on the Rights of Library Users, www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/usapatriotactresolution.pdf
 
 
The Search & Seizure of Electronic Information: The Law Before and After the USA PATRIOT Act (aka the Matrix) (PDF), www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/ALA_Washington/Issues2/Civil_Liberties,_Intellectual_Freedom,_Privacy/The_USA_Patriot_Act_and_Libraries/matrix.pdf
USA PATRIOT Act, www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=Intellectual_Freedom_Issues&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=44817
 
 
Response to September 11, 2001 Terrorist Attacks,
www.cdt.org/security/010911response.shtml
 
 
America after 9/11: freedom preserved or freedom lost? : hearing before the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Eighth Congress, first session, November 18, 2003.
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS53572
 
 
Report from the field: the USA Patriot Act at work / U.S. Department of Justice.
http://www.lifeandliberty.gov/docs/071304%5Freport%5Ffrom%5Fthe%5Ffield.pdf
 
 
Tools against terror : how the administration is implementing new laws in the fight to protect our homeland : hearing before the Subcommittee on Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information of the Committee on the Judiciary, United States Senate, One Hundred Seventh Congress, second session,
http://purl.access.gpo.gov/GPO/LPS50816
 
 
The Patriot Act, other post-9/11 enforcement powers and the impact on California's Muslim communities : from a California perspective, an analysis of the fallout from investigations, interrogations, arrests, detentions, and deportations / prepared by Max Vanzi with contributions from Kate Sproul and John D. Cox.
http://www.sen.ca.gov/sor/reports/REPORTS_BY_SUBJ/PUBLIC_SAFETY_JUDICIARY/PATRIOTACT.PDF
 
 
Setting the Record Straight: An Analysis of the Justice Department’s PATRIOT Act Website, www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/031027cdt.shtml
 
 
Preserving Life and Liberty,
www.lifeandliberty.gov/
 
 
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) Analysis of the Provisions of the USA PATRIOT Act that Relate to Online Activities, www.eff.org/Privacy/Surveillance/Terrorism//20011031_eff_usa_patriot_analysis.php
 
 
The USA PATRIOT Act,
www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/
 
 
Public Libraries & Civil Liberties: A Profession Divided, www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/research/civil_liberties.html
Public Libraries’ Response to the Events of 9/11/2001: One Year Later, www.lis.uiuc.edu/gslis/research/finalresults.pdf.]
 
 
Internet Surveillance Law After the USA PATRIOT Act: The Big Brother that Isn’t, 97 NW. U. L. Rev. 607 (2003)
[The link takes you to an abstract page, from which you can download the 81-page article.]
http://ssrn.com/abstract_id=317501
 
 
The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act on Free Expression, www.fepproject.org/commentaries/patriotact.html
The Impact of the USA PATRIOT Act: An Update, www.fepproject.org/commentaries/patriotactupdate.html
 
 
Librarians’ Index to the Internet, USA PATRIOT Act Resources,
http://lii.org/search/patriotact
 
 
Library of Congress, Congressional Research Service & Charles Doyle, Libraries and the USA PATRIOT Act (PDF), www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/ALA_Washington/Issues2/Civil_Liberties,_Intellectual_Freedom,_Privacy/The_USA_Patriot_Act_and_Libraries/CRS215LibrariesAnalysis.pdf
The USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis (PDF),
www.fas.org/irp/crs/RL31377.pdf
The USA PATRIOT Act: A Sketch (PDF),
www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21203.pdf
 
 
A Guide to the Patriot Act: Should You be Scared of the Patriot Act?, 4-part article,
http://slate.msn.com/id/2087984/
http://slate.msn.com/id/2088106/
http://slate.msn.com/id/2088161/
http://slate.msn.com/id/2088239/
 
 
 
Library Records Post-Patriot Act (Federal Law),
www.llrx.com/features/libraryrecords.htm
The USA PATRIOT Act,
www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245044
 
 
USA PATRIOT Act,
www.cit.cornell.edu/oit/PatriotAct/
 
 
USA PATRIOT ACT of 2001 Policy,
http://pauldingcountylibrary.org/patriotactpolicy.htm
 
 
USA PATRIOT Act: How to be Response Ready,
www.universitybusiness.com/page.cfm?id=89
 
 
USA PATRIOT Act Resolution,
www.sfpl.org/librarylocations/libcomm/patriotact.htm
 
 
 
 
FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT (FISA)
 
 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978, Pub. L. No. 95-511, 92 Stat. 1783 (codified as amended at 50 U.S.C. §§ 1801 et seq.)
http://www4.law.cornell.edu/uscode/50/ch36.html
 
 
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA),
www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/fisa/
 
 
 
PRIVACY
 
 
Privacy Resources for Librarians, Library Users, and Families, www.ala.org/Content/NavigationMenu/Our_Association/Offices/Intellectual_Freedom3/Intellectual_Freedom_Issues/Related_Links6/Privacy_Resources_for_Librarians,_Library_Users,_and_Families.htm
 
 
State Privacy Laws Regarding Library Records, www.ala.org/Template.cfm?Section=State_IFC_in_Action&Template=/ContentManagement/ContentDisplay.cfm&ContentID=14773
 
 
Make Sure you are Privacy Literate, www.libraryjournal.com/index.asp?layout=article&articleid=CA245045
 
 

FURTHER READING AND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT


Many of these web sites were taken from a bibliography prepared by Leah Sandwell-Weiss, Reference Librarian & Adj. Asst. Prof. of Legal Research at the University of Arizona’s Law Library: http://www.law.arizona.edu/Library/internet/info_library/directory_results.cfm?NameID=8
 


 01/18/2005
John Stanton