On September 11, 2001, nineteen terrorists hijacked four commercial airliners and crashed two into the World Trade Center, one into the Pentagon, and the last plane landed in a field outside Pennsylvania. Almost 3,000 people died from this atrocious event that left the country in pandemonium. The Bush administration felt feeble and needed to obtain a better grasp on the country. Within weeks of the attack, attorney General, John Ashcroft packaged an old FBI wish list as the USA Patriot Act and demanded Congress pass it without discussion for fear of another “Pearl Harbor-like attack.” The Bush Administration insisted that it needed more “tools” that would better allow it to keep tabs on the nation. The government took advantage of the country’s fear in order to gain more power, and gave Americans false hope that the government was looking out for their well being. They played on this fear by targeting aliens unjustly because they were not US citizens and were punished by deporting them on a mere suspicion of being involved with a “terrorist organization.” The Patriot Act defies civil liberties and is one of the most unconstitutional acts present in our government today.
The Bush Administration had the intelligence tools set in place to prevent the catastrophe of 9/11 from transpiring but neglected to use them. They had the national security set in place that would have been effective if it had been used properly. Instead, one of the most devastating events in American history took place on September 11, 2001. The government instilled fear in American citizens and Congress to gain their support for a clearly corrupt act. The Bush Administration deceived Congress by using fear tactics to persuade Congress into allowing them to produce such a preposterous act. Bush convinced Congress that with the use of the Patriot act he could help enhance national security by keeping tabs on prominent forces in the US government, like lawyers and other government officials. He...