JURIST - Paper Chase: Justice Department reacts to Patriot Act ruling

Here's Monday's legal news from the US Department of Justice. Updating a story reported Monday by JURIST's Matt Jacobs, the US Department of Justice has issued an official reaction to today's decision by US District Judge Audrey Collins which held a portion of the Patriot Act to be unconstitutional. Mark Corallo, the Department's Director of Public Affairs, said:

The provision at issue in today's decision was a modest amendment to a pre-existing anti-terrorism law that was designed to deal with real threats caused by support of terrorist groups. By targeting those who provide material support by providing ‘expert advice or assistance,’ the law made clear that Americans are threatened as much by the person who teaches a terrorist to build a bomb as by the one who pushes the button.

The full text of the DOJ press release is here.

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