"Guide to the Patriot Act"

Century Foundation

The Century Foundation has just put out an
excellent, concise guide to the Patriot Act — what it does, to what degree
it's been enforced, and efforts in Congress to roll it back. It's
available in .pdf (here). The overriding concern that pops up again
and again in the text: While the provisions of the act themselves are bad,
what's worse is that the degree to which they're actually being used is
shrouded in mystery: The act itself contains language that allows the
Justice Department to hide what it's doing under the law, and what's not
in the act, Justice is managing to finesse anyway.