In this Deep Cover episode of The Privacy Files, I take a hard look at the Patriot Act, the 300+ page law passed just 45 days after 9/11 that permanently altered the balance between privacy and surveillance in America.
I break down:
How Section 215 legalized bulk collection of phone and internet records
The rise of roving wiretaps and why they matter for modern digital tracking
“Sneak-and-peek” searches and how they became routine outside of terrorism cases
The culture shift that normalized dragnet surveillance
The role of Palantir and other private contractors in turning surveillance into an industry
Twenty years later, we’re still living inside the world the Patriot Act created.
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