I would like to study the impact and implications of the Patriot Act and compare it to the situation present in the novel, Little Brother. The Patriot Act essentially granted the US government the ability to spy on potential “terrorists” through underhanded methods such as wiretapping. Furthermore, it reduced restrictions on law enforcement agencies’ ability to search various types of private records. Many Americans considered the bill to be a blatant violation of privacy and accused it of being unconstitutional. I believe that Cory Doctorow would stand in staunch opposition of this bill because it intrudes on basic liberties. In many ways, the bill allows many of the same surveillance strategies, such as wire and Internet tapping, that Marcus fights against in the book.
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