History

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the Patriot Act has made many changes in the United States Law. five key laws were changed thier were the foreign intellgence act of 1978, electronic communication privacy act of 1986, money laudering control act 1986, bank secrecy act and last the immigration and nationality act. the act was passed a few weeks after the terrorist attack in New York City and the Pentagon.after the attacks congressed imediately started working on many anti terrorist bills. later the Justice Department finally drafted the anti- terrorisim of 2001. the act was intruduce as the providing appropiate tools required to intercept and obstuct terrorism known as the Patriot Act of 2001.