20 Questions That You Should Ask About The USA Patriot Act

1. Is an FBI agent lurking in your place of worship (even though the government has no evidence that criminal activity is happening there)?

2. Is your local law enforcement using racial, ethnic and/or religious profiling to investigate terrorism?

3. Does your community participate in any initiative that encourages people to spy on neighbors, colleagues or shop customers?

4. Does the local public library maintain users' borrowing records after a book has been returned?

5. Is your local police force participating with the FBI on a Joint Terrorism Task Force?

6. Are any campus police employed by the FBI?

7. Would campus police provide support to the FBI to attend religious and political meetings or activities on campus?

8. Have any students or faculty been questioned by campus police or the FBI regarding their political beliefs?

9. Have any individuals on campus been questioned by campus police or federal investigators because of their racial, ethnic or religious background?

10. Has the FBI or local law enforcement requested information from your school about religious or political student groups on your campus?

11. Have any students or faculty at your school been questioned or censured as a result of their academic research and/or related writings?

12. What is the official privacy policy at your school?

13. What information does your university have the power to collect and share with other governmental or private entities?

14. Does your school library notify students if their records have been investigated or turned over to law enforcement?

15. Has the school compiled a database of international students' information to share with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS)?

16. How has your college assisted international students in complying with new or special DHS requirements?

17. Are your school or local police monitoring students' e-mail transmissions and/or Internet usage?

18. Is the school required by a privacy policy to inform you if your e-mail is being monitored?

19. Have campus bookstores and/or shops been required to turn over purchase records to the FBI or other law enforcement agency?

20. Has your school and/or community passed a resolution against the parts of the Patriot Act that violate civil liberties?