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New DOJ IG Report on Patriot Act Documents Civil Rights Abuses

Accusations of Abuse in Report on USA Patriot Act: “A report by internal investigators at the Justice Department has identified dozens of recent cases in which department employees have been accused of serious civil rights and civil liberties violations involving enforcement of the sweeping federal antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act.”

  • Report to Congress on Implementation of Section 1001 of the USA Patriot Act, USDOJ, Office of the Inspector General (pdf, 24 pages), and accompanying Letters to Judiciary.
  • Upholding Liberty in America, by Ed Crane and William Niskanen, Cato Institute, July 9, 2003.
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