The PATRIOT Act: Liberty Afire

Summary of NIST Patriot Act Recommendations

1. One-to-One Matching (Verification) -NIST recommends one face and two index fingerprints for verification. All three biometrics should be in image form. The face image should conform to the ANSI/INCITS 385-2004 standard. The fingerprint images should conform to the ANSI/INCITS 381-2004 standard with 500 dots per inch (dpi) scan resolution. 2. One-to-Many Matching (Identification) -NIST recomm...

Effects of the USA PATRIOT Act and the 2002 Bioterrorism Preparedness Act on select agent research in the United States.

A bibliometric analysis of the Bacillus anthracis and Ebola virus archival literature was conducted to determine whether negative consequences of the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism" (USA PATRIOT) Act and the 2002 Bioterrorism Preparedness Act on US select agent research could be discerned. Indicators of the health of...

liberalism, privacy and usa patriot act

liberalism as the basic ideology of the most western political orders has believed in its basic principals to fundamental human rights including the privacy and the realm that should be privileged from any one especially the public authority. however the public authorities frequently in the excuse of protection of the order and security or the necessity situation have confined the liberties and...

The impact of the USA Patriot Act on collection and analysis of personal information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

The collection and analysis of personal information under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) has been significantly altered by the U.S.A. Patriot Act, and a proposed enhancement to the Patriot Act would create further changes. This article examines the original intent and scope of FISA, how the Patriot Act has dramatically modified the scope and meaning of FISA, and how the Patrio...

A tripartite threat to medical records privacy: technology, HIPAA's privacy rule and the USA Patriot Act.