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To learn more about David Kravets, here is a listing of some of his recent articles, with the opening paragraph for each article and links to the complete text and to related articles.

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For important background information related to changes in Americans' legal rights since 9/11, you might want to browse through the complete text of the Patriot Act. Do you find anything that surprises you?

Who are civil libertarians and what do they think? To understand the civil libertarian’s view of antiterrorist legislation click here to go to the ACLU Web site.

If you want to learn more, pro and con, about the Patriot Act, consider this November 2003 CNN debate, which is available on the web site of the Foundation for the Defense of Democracies.

Here is the U.S. Department of Justice's argument for the benefits provided by the Patriot Act.

To find out how the Patriot Act might affect you, as a college student, click here. You'll find discussions of the potential impact of the Patriot Act on U.S. college and university faculty, students, and administrators.

Want to learn more about the effect of the Patriot Act on college students? Here's another view.

For thoughts on how the Patriot Act might affect religious freedom, here's a statement on the act and on civil liberties from the North Carolina Council of Churches.

Do you use the internet? Here's a discussion of the Patriot Act's implications for Internet users from one of the oldest and most prominent organizations devoted to maximizing monetary and legal freedom of Internet use.