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The Patriot Act was signed into law by George Bush in 2001. The purpose of the act was to give Government agencies the power to obtain information relating to terrorism and to be able to exchange that information between the different Government agencies. This Act allowed the agencies to be able to access personal information, such as phone, mail and emails.
