It was the Patriot Act.
This was the result of the attacks on September 11, 2001 that led to the
destruction of the World Trade Center.
It called for more aggressive actions to fight terrorism. Among them
were the arrest, detention and trial of terrorists. It also called for removing barriers to data
gathering and terrorist investigation.
Opponents criticized because of its treatment of detainees and the extreme
measures taken against terrorism.
A. Americans found that they could survive a war with a European power.
