- Non-citizens can now be detained indefinitely on minor visa violations.
- Broader wiretapping and Internet surveillance are now allowed.
- The government’s ability to conduct secret searches has been expanded.
- Attorney General John Ashcroft now has the power to designate domestic groups as terrorist organizations and can deport any non-citizen member of those groups.
- The FBI now has the authority to demand access to sensitive business records without demonstrating that a crime has been committed.
- Law enforcement officials have broad latitude to investigate citizens for “intelligence purposes.”
- Airline security officials can refuse to allow a passenger to board a plane based on the book the passenger is reading.
- The government can use military tribunals to try and sentence suspects without a jury or public access to the process.
- Law enforcement officials now have permission to monitor communications between lawyers and their clients.
