"New Law Eases Use of Federal Wiretaps." Crime Control Digest (May 3, 2002): p. 4.
Abstract: The Justice Department said the PATRIOT Act that extends the life of a court surveillance order has allowed agents to work more efficiently. Because an order remains in force longer than before the enactment of the PATRIOT Act, the Justice Department has made fewer requests.

107th Congress. "HR 3162 (USA Patriot Act)." October 24, 2001. [http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/hr3162.html].
Abstract: Full-text of HR 3162, an act, to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes.

Alden, Edward. "Looser Laws Catch Bigger Fish in Hunt for Terrorists: Thanks to the Patriot Act, the FBI Has Wider Powers and Al-Qaeda Is Paying the Price." The Financial Times (March 6, 2003): p. 4.
Notes: Available full-text on Infotrac database
Abstract: Viet Dinh, the chief author of the USA PATRIOT Act, says he often reminds himself of a phrase first used by the Irish Republican Army after it narrowly failed to kill Margaret Thatcher, the British Prime Minister, by bombing her hotel. "We have to be lucky only once but you will have to be lucky always." But nearly 18 months after the September 11 attacks killed more than 3,000 people, Al-Qaeda has yet to get lucky again on US soil. Following the capture in Pakistan last weekend of Khaled Sheikh Mohammed, Al-Qaeda's operations chief, Attorney General Ashcroft told Congress that Al-Qaeda's global efforts to strike at the US might now be critically weakened. This article discusses how the PATRIOT Act, passed in October 2001, followed by a supportive court ruling last year, have made it much easier for FBI agents to monitor suspected terrorists on US soil and then pass that information on to police and prosecutors.

Ashcroft, John. "Attorney General's Guidelines Regarding Disclosure to the Director of Central Intelligence and Homeland Security Officials of Foreign Intelligence Acquired in the Course of a Criminal Investigation." September 23, 2002. Notes: Available at http://www.usdoj.gov
Abstract: The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT) Act of 2001, Public Law 107-56, 115 Stat. 272, 389, enacted into law certain requirements for the sharing of information by Federal law enforcement agencies with the intelligence community. Specifically, section 905(a) of the USA PATRIOT Act provides that "the Attorney General, or the head of any other department or agency of the Federal Government with law enforcement responsibilities, shall expeditiously disclose to the Director of Central Intelligence, pursuant to guidelines developed by the Attorney General in consultation with the Director, foreign intelligence acquired by an element of the Department of Justice or an element of such department or agency, as the case may be, in the course of a criminal investigation." These are the guidelines that were distributed.

Doyle, Charles. "CRS Report for Congress: The USA Patriot Act: A Sketch." April 18, 2002. [http://www.fas.org/irp/crs/RS21203.pdf].
Abstract: Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act in response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. The Act gives Federal officials greater authority to track and intercept communications, both for law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering purposes. It vests the Secretary of the Treasury with the regulatory powers to combat corruption of US financial institutions for foreign money laundering purposes. It seeks to further close our borders to foreign terrorists and to detain and remove those within our borders. It creates new crimes, new penalties, and new procedural efficiencies for use against domestic and international terrorists. This sketch is an abbreviated version of CRS Report RL31377, The USA PATRIOT Act: A Legal Analysis, stripped of its citations and footnotes.

Gips, Michael A. "New Money Laundering Rules Cover Wide Swath." Security Management (June 2002): p. 14(2).
Abstract: The USA PATRIOT Act adopts a road definition of financial institutions which are required under the law to take steps to prevent money laundering. Such businesses as travel agencies, jewelers, and car dealerships have until October 26, 2002, to implement minimum standards for preventing money laundering.

Johnson, Jackie. "11th September 2001: Will It Make a Difference to the Global Anti-Money Laundering Movement?" Journal of Money Laundering Control 6, no. 1(2002): pp. 9-16.
Notes: Available full-text on Criminal Justice Periodical Index database
Abstract: September 11, 2001, is not a day that will be forgotten in the US, for an act of terrorism not only struck New York's financial center but also highlighted the vulnerability of the country's financial system and exposed its exploitation for criminal purposes. With terrorism now viewed as both a threat to US national security and the integrity of the US financial system, money laundering, being inexorably linked to the hiding of terrorist funds, was now elevated to the same level. This article discusses global money laundering both before and after 9/11.

Kash, Douglas A. "Hunting Terrorists Using Confidential Informant Reward Programs." FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin (April 2002): pp. 26-31.
Abstract: Rewards for information involving terrorism were established by the 1984 Act to Combat International Terrorism. Excluding government employees acting within the scope of their official duties, an individual is entitled to a reward up to $500,000. The criminal acts of September 11, 2001, resulted in changes to existing US law, including rewards available to confidential informants who provide information on terrorists or terrorist activities. Specifically, on October 26, 2001, the US Congress enacted the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001. Prior to September 11, there were several different venues under which an informant could be eligible for a reward, depending upon which agency received the information. Although the events of September 11 did not increase the types of rewards, they modified the incentives to informants, including those who are non citizens. This article identifies the different reward mechanisms for terrorist-related information and explains the process of each program.

Library of Congress. "Bill Summary & Status for the 107th Congress: USA Patriot Act of 2001." [http://thomas.loc.gov].
Abstract: This website provides title, status, committees, related bill details, amendments, co-sponsors, and summary of HR 3162, the USA PATRIOT Act.

O'Meara, Kelly Patricia. "Losing the War for Civil Liberties; Civil Libertarians Contend Politicians Have Pulled a Bait and Switch by Using the War on Terrorism to Implement Intrusive-and Unconstitutional-Security Measures." Insight on the News (September 16, 2002): p. 18(3). Notes: Available full-text on InfoTrac database.
Abstract: It used to be that Americans packed for air travel with a mental checklist of personal items needed for their holiday or business engagement. Today, however, in the backwash of the September 11 attacks on the US mainland, a new and more detailed list of concerns must be considered. No eyebrow tweezers, for instance, no fingernail files or clippers, no toothpicks, no rat-tail combs, no letter openers or anything that even resembles a knife, and just two throw-away lighters. Every one of these items, apparently, is considered a security threat and, if noticed by the new Federal airport-security force, will land a passenger at the end of the conveyer belt in a public shakedown or perhaps worse. While time-consuming, embarrassing, annoying and sometimes frightening, the new airline security measures pale in comparison to a number of other, more invasive, provisions Federal lawmakers authorized in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon. Civil libertarians charge that the new security measures sacrifice political freedom in the name of national security while contributing little or nothing to the war on terror. This article addresses the issue.

Piazza, Peter. "Patriot's International Implications." Security Management (April 2002): p. 30(2).
Abstract: When Congress passed what is known as the USA PATRIOT Act after September 11, it dramatically expanded the legal definition of a protected computer. Previously, the law considered a computer within the US that was used by the Federal Government or a financial institution, or for interstate or foreign commerce, to be protected under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. But the definition now extends to computers outside of the US where communications pass through a US-based network.

Sales, Robert. "To Catch a Thief: The Patriot Act Has Firms Investigating How Technology Can Help Prevent Them From Being a Clearing House for Criminals ." Wall Street & Technology (January 2003): p. S15(2).
Notes: Available full-text on InfoTrac database
Abstract: Is your firm involved in the illicit transfer of funds between drug traffickers, international smugglers or terrorists? Absolutely not, you declare! Well, according to a recent report written by the research and consulting firm Celent Communications, $123.4 billion was laundered in the United States in 2002. What's more, securities and investment firms--including broker/dealers, private banks, mutual funds and hedge funds--were the conduit for 25 percent of those criminal transactions. To combat this growing problem, the Congress, in October 2001, approved the USA PATRIOT Act--a comprehensive set of anti-money laundering requirements and regulations. This article discusses requirements of the Act on financial-services firms.

Toobin, Jeffrey. "The USA-Patriot Act and the American Response to Terror: Can We Protect Civil Liberties After September 11?" The American Criminal Law Review (Fall 2002): p. 1501-34. Notes: Available full-text on InfoTrac database.
Abstract: The debate over how Americans' civil liberties can be protected in light of the provisions passed in the USA-Patriot Act is considered from a legal perspective. There is a fine line between giving the government too much power to fight terrorism without eroding citizen's civil rights.

US Department of Justice. "Attorney General Announces New Guidelines to Share Information Between Federal Law Enforcement and the US Intelligence Community." Press Release (September 23, 2002).
Notes: Available full-text at http://www.usdoj.gov
Abstract: The release of the Attorney General's Guidelines to share information between Federal law enforcement and the US intelligence community was announced by press release which provides a brief overview of the guidelines.