Arab Groups in US File Lawsuit Seeking to Curb Patriot Act
by Lyle Denniston

The lawsuit filed in US District Court in Detroit challenges a provision of the counterterrorism law that increased the FBI's access to records and personal belongings, with the permission of a secret federal court in Washington. The groups, a mix of large national and smaller local organizations, charged the expanded powers violate the First Amendment guarantee of free speech, the Fourth Amendment ban on unreasonable searches, and the Fifth Amendment right to due process.
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