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what was the criticism of the USA patriot act when it was first enacted?

  • it did not do enough to protect citizens through the use of government intelligence gathering.
  • it went too far in allowing the government to gather intelligence on private conversations of the U.S. citizens.
  • it created too many agencies under one umbrella which would exacerbate rather than ameliorate the issues identified.

-it eliminated the independent authority of the federal bureau of investigation by bringing it under the acts authority.