What were the chief provisions in the USA Patriot Act? The government could eavesdrop on telephone calls and privileged conversa
tions between prisoners and their lawyers. The government could prosecute individual citizens for not supporting the War on Terror. The government could violate due process laws if a citizen was deemed to be unpatriotic. The government could require citizens to swear an oath of patriotism if they were deemed a threat to the country. The government could pass legislation without the sufficient number of votes if it was deemed essential to US safety.
"The government could eavesdrop on telephone calls and privileged conversations between prisoners
<span> and their lawyers" and </span>"<span>The government could violate due process laws if a citizen was deemed to be unpatriotic" are true, except "unpatriotic" is misleading here. It was more if they were deemed a threat for any reason. </span>
The Potsdam Declaration "<span>c. threatened "prompt and utter destruction" of Japan by the Allies, since this was the last resort of making peace before dropping the atomic bomb. </span>
