Speech #1090110183

So. for example. we establish that violations of the Federal terrorism statutes could serve as a predicate offense allowing the Department of Justice to apply to courts for authorization to intercept wire or oral communications pursuant to title III when investigating such offenses. We establish that the felony violations of the Federal computer crimes statutes. the socalled hacking statutes. might serve as a predicate offense. allowing the Department of Justice to apply to courts for authorization to intercept wire or oral communications pursuant to title I1 when investigating such offenses. We provide for the detention. for up to 7 days. of aliens the Attorney General has reasonable grounds to believe were engaged in conduct that threatened the security of the United States or aliens who are inadmissible. that is to say. they are not supposed to be coming into the United States or are deportable from the United States on the grounds of terrorism. espionage. sabotage. or sedition. There are a variety of other provisions that are included in the PATRIOT Act. The key thing to remember here is. as I said before. our law enforcement and intelligence officials need to have adequate tools to fight terrorism because we provide those tools when we send the military into harms way.