Article describes the legislation, how it has been implemented and support and opposition to it. By Dahlia Lithwick and Julia Turner in Slate.

Encourages local communities to take an active role in an ongoing national debate about antiterrorism measures, such as the USA PATRIOT Act, that threaten civil liberties guaranteed by the Bill of Rights. Features news, suggested actions, tools, impact of recent regulations, proposed legislation and a newsletter.

The USA PATRIOT Act, SEVIS, and international students in the United States. [First Monday]

Article refutes the Justice Department claim that the media and civil liberties advocates are misrepresenting the procedures and effect of section 215 of the USA PATRIOT Act.

Analysis of the act's impact on journalism.

"In the most detailed public accounting of how it had used its expanded powers to fight terrorism, the Justice Department released information today showing that federal agents had conducted hundreds of bugging and surveillance operations and visited numerous libraries and mosques using new law enforcement tools." [New York Times]

"Opposition to the Patriot Act creates unusual political alignments." [The Christian Science Monitor]

A report by internal investigators at the Justice Department has identified dozens of recent cases in which department employees have been accused of serious civil rights and civil liberties violations involving enforcement of the sweeping federal antiterrorism law known as the USA Patriot Act. [CBS News]

"The Bush administration, which calls the USA Patriot Act one of its essential tools in fighting terrorists, has begun using the law in criminal investigations that have little or nothing to do with terrorism." [Charlotte Observer]

Comments about surveillance powers, by Derek Jennings. [The Independent Weekly]

Department of Justice site defending the legislation.

New York Times article reports that some Congressmen want to repeal the Patriot Act's sunset provisions, but others oppose sacrificing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism. [Requires free registration.]

Story of a man handcuffed and questioned by police. [Santa Fe New Mexican]

Offers a partial transcript from Ted Koppel's interview with representatives of the American Civil Liberties Union and the Justice Department.

Civil liberties analysis from The Free Expression Policy Project.

Discussion of the act's effect on civil liberties. [PBS NewsHour]

Educational board game, available for sale, created as an oppositional response to the legislation.

"If the Patriot Act took our liberties away, would we notice?" Slate commentary by Michael Kinsley.

Two-part article by William Michaels and Jennifer Van Bergen reviewing the act's effects. [Truthout]

The University of California at San Diego has ordered a student organization to delete hyperlinks to an alleged terrorist Web site, citing the recently enacted USA Patriot Act. [CNet]

Bill summary, status and full text, from the Library of Congress.