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Combating Money Laundering And International Terrorism: Does The Usa Patriot Act Require The Judicial System To Abandon Fundamental Due Process In The Name Of Homeland Security?, Joan M. O'Sullivan Butler
Combating Money Laundering And International Terrorism: Does The Usa Patriot Act Require The Judicial System To Abandon Fundamental Due Process In The Name Of Homeland Security?, Joan M. O'Sullivan Butler
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The USA PATRIOT Act was part of a wave of legislation which reshaped national security policies while simultaneously restricting traditional civil liberties in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11. Among the many terrorism related provisions of the Act, the executive branch was given authority to freeze the assets of organizations in which there is a foreign interest suspected of funding terrorist organizations through the use of an asset blocking order pending further investigation. The Act further permits the use of classified information which will be subjected to only ex parte, in camera inspection by the judge presiding over …