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given the patriot act, what are your rights to find out if you are under investigation (for anything at all)?
some years ago, wasn't a law passed whereby you had a right to know what you were being investigated by the government for?
given that now there is the patriot act, can you still use the law to learn whatever is in a government file about you?
what is the federal law called?
how do you request a true and accurate copy of the file that they have on you?
thanks for being thorough in your answer! i want you to realize that on occasion, i don't award a best answer until i get a pulse of what our fellow americans think about today. this question probably won't be that sort.
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- pstottmfcLv 56 years ago
The way I understand it, under this act you have very few rights at all. Under this act officials and people who are asked to give information on you are not allowed to tell you that you are under investigation, or they can be charged.