Question
Title V of this legislation removed restrictions on the issuing of NSLs by adding a “relevance” criteria. For 10 points each:
[10m] Name this legislation that was criticized in a Michael Moore documentary punning on the title of Ray Bradbury’s Fahrenheit 451. Russ Feingold was the only senator to vote against passing this legislation.
ANSWER: Patriot Act [or the USA PATRIOT Act; or Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001]
[10e] The Patriot Act was pushed for after the 9/11 attacks and a series of attacks using this disease. In 2001, Tom Daschle and Patrick Leahy were targeted by letters containing spores of this disease.
ANSWER: anthrax [accept the 2001 anthrax attacks]
[10h] The Connecticut Four challenged the Patriot Act in Doe v. Gonzalez after the FBI issued NSLs to these places. Section 215 of the act is nicknamed for these places due to it allowing the FBI to obtain records from these places.
ANSWER: libraries [or the “library provision” or the “library records provision”; accept the Library Connection]
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Summary
| 2023 ACF Winter @ Columbia | 11/11/2023 | Y | 9 | 16.67 | 100% | 67% | 0% |
Data
| Bard A | Columbia C | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Cornell C | Columbia A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| NYU A | Princeton A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Rowan A | NYU B | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Penn A | Rutgers B | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Princeton B | Haverford | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |
| Columbia B | Rutgers A | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Yale A | Vassar | 10 | 10 | 0 | 20 |
| Penn B | Yale C | 0 | 10 | 0 | 10 |