Central Intelligence Agency, The
Central Intelligence Agency, The | The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
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Summary: In the wake of the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks on America, Congress passed the USA-PATRIOT Act, which grants the CIA expanded powers to fight terrorism. This act allows the CIA to spy on Americans by permitting a vast array of domestic information gathering from school records, Internet activity, and telephone conversations. The act removes the safeguards established by the Church Committee in the 1970s, which curtailed the CIA’s...
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- The CIA Is Responsible for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Cannot Be Blamed for the Terrorist Attacks on America
- The CIA Should Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The CIA Should Not Be Granted Expanded Powers to Fight Terrorism
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Be Amended
- The Ban Against CIA Assassinations Should Not Be Amended
- The CIA Has Too Little Accountability in the War Against Terrorism
- Covert Action Is Sometimes Justified
- Covert Action Is Never Justified
- The CIA Helps Promote Peace
- The CIA Promotes Violence
- The CIA Has Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Has Not Been Involved in Drug Trafficking
- The CIA Is Seriously Flawed
- America Still Needs the CIA
- The CIA Should Be Reformed
- Organizations to Contact
- Bibliography
- Copyright
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