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Signing of the USA PATRIOT Act into law

President Bush signed the USA PATRIOT Act, granting expanded surveillance, information-sharing, and law-enforcement authorities to confront terrorism.

Signing of the USA PATRIOT Act into law

The law significantly broadened federal counterterrorism powers and had lasting implications for the balance between national security and civil liberties in the United States.

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