What Caused Many Americans to Begin to Oppose Provisions of the USAPATRIOT

question 73

Multiple Choice

What caused many Americans to begin to oppose provisions of the USAPATRIOT Act that chipped away at their right to privacy?

• A) the killing of Osama Bin Laden
• B) the massive leak of classified information to Wikileaks by Chelsea Manning (formerly known as Bradley Manning)
• C) the beginning of the Arab Spring, which precipitated the Syrian Civil War
• D) the leaking of classified documents by NSA contractor Edward Snowden

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