While the United states Armed Forces (private mercenaries) are in Afghanistan, Djibouti, Iraq, the Philippines and west Africa defending “all freedom-loving people everywhere in the world,” Republican (fascist/socialist) President George W. Bush signs the USA PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act, making permanent the USA PATRIOT Act.
[added 1/13/2024] Thanks to Jim Lorenz for his contributions to this entry.
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
“Law of the Jungle”
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References:
History of the Patriot Act – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_Patriot_Act#Reauthorization_legislative_history