The War on Terror Meets the USA Patriot Act

On September 11, 2003, the front page of the Boston Globe was covered with articles discussing an event that occurred two years ago. Perhaps the most "eye-catching" one of these articles is "Bush seeks 3 new laws on terror." This article talks about the new legislation that the Bush administration wishes to pass in the upcoming months. The most important piece of this legislation is the USA Patriot Act.
<Tab/>According to Representative Louise McIntosh Slaughter, the first Patriot Act was passed "because we were in some kind of shock." This was most certainly the case bec…