Question 1

The government is required to meet a higher probable cause standard than that used in ordinary criminal investigations.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False  False

Question 2

In United States v.Miller, the Supreme Court upheld the seizure of ______.

Accepted Answer

A) bank records 
B) medical records 
C) vital records 
D) education records 
A) bank records 
B) medical records 
C) vital records 
D) education records A

Question 3

According to FISA, the U.S.attorney general can authorize emergency surveillance of a U.S. citizen for how long before obtaining a warrant?

Accepted Answer

A) 12 hr 
B) 7 days 
C) 30 days 
D) 90 days 
A) 12 hr 
B) 7 days 
C) 30 days 
D) 90 days B

Question 4

A search in which law enforcement agents are able to delay notification of a suspect that they have conducted the search is known as a/an ______.

Accepted Answer

A) anticipatory search 
B) covert search 
C) espionage search 
D) underground investigation 
A) anticipatory search 
B) covert search 
C) espionage search 
D) underground investigation

Question 5

How are individuals grouped in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSD)?

Accepted Answer

A) seriousness 
B) nationality 
C) age 
D) religious beliefs 
A) seriousness 
B) nationality 
C) age 
D) religious beliefs

Question 6

The U.S.federal Convention Against Torture Implementation Act of 2005 makes it a crime punishable by up to ______ in prison to commit an act of torture "outside the United States."

Accepted Answer

A) 10 years 
B) 20 years 
C) 30 years 
D) 40 years 
A) 10 years 
B) 20 years 
C) 30 years 
D) 40 years

Question 7

Drones are small, remote-operated, pilotless aerial vehicles, which have become an important weapon in U.S.counterterrorism strategy.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 8

In order to hold a noncitizen, the attorney general of the United States must show that there exists "______ to believe" that the individual has engaged in terrorist activities.

Accepted Answer

A) evidence 
B) modified probable cause 
C) probable cause 
D) reasonable grounds 
A) evidence 
B) modified probable cause 
C) probable cause 
D) reasonable grounds

Question 9

What are enhanced interrogation techniques? When can they be used? Do you agree with their
use?

Accepted Answer

Interrogators were authorized by officia

Question 10

What are extraordinary renditions?

Accepted Answer

They are the transfers of deta

Question 11

Material witness warrants have been subject to criticism.Several reforms have been proposed.
List and explain these reforms.Can you come up with any alternatives?

Accepted Answer

Detention,

Question 12

All of the following are criticisms of sneak-and-peek searches except ______.

Accepted Answer

A) sneak-and-peek searches should be limited to investigations of terrorism 
B) a serious violation of the notice provision of the Fourth Amendment should be based on a strict reasonable cause standard 
C) 30 days is too lengthy a period to delay notice, and the notice provision should not be subject to extensions 
D) there is little likelihood that a court will find that a prosecutor has failed to established grounds to conduct a sneak-and-peek search, given the broad basis for approving such searches 
A) sneak-and-peek searches should be limited to investigations of terrorism 
B) a serious violation of the notice provision of the Fourth Amendment should be based on a strict reasonable cause standard 
C) 30 days is too lengthy a period to delay notice, and the notice provision should not be subject to extensions 
D) there is little likelihood that a court will find that a prosecutor has failed to established grounds to conduct a sneak-and-peek search, given the broad basis for approving such searches

Question 13

The USA PATRIOT Act has come under extreme fire since its passage back in 2001.Explain,
from the material provided in the text, what the USA PATRIOT Act does and does not allow federal investigators to do.Does this information here strike you as too much authority for the government?
Why or why not?

Accepted Answer

This is largely a matter of op

Question 14

An individual who is believed to possess material testimony to a criminal investigation and who is reasonably believed to flee or be otherwise unavailable to testify at a later date may be detained by
Means of a/an ______.

Accepted Answer

A) extradition warrant 
B) general warrant 
C) material witness warrant 
D) summons warrant 
A) extradition warrant 
B) general warrant 
C) material witness warrant 
D) summons warrant

Question 15

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court rule that all detainees held at Guantanamo are entitled to habeas corpus?

Accepted Answer

A) Boumediene v.Bush 
B) Hamdan v.Rumsfeld 
C) Hamdi v.Rumsfeld 
D) Rasul v.Bush 
A) Boumediene v.Bush 
B) Hamdan v.Rumsfeld 
C) Hamdi v.Rumsfeld 
D) Rasul v.Bush

Question 16

Material witnesses enjoy the same constitutional right to pretrial release as other federal detainees.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 17

All of the following were identified as fatal flaws of military commissions except ______.

Accepted Answer

A) exclusion from trial 
B) failure to follow rules of evidence 
C) jury verdicts 
D) unlimited appeals 
A) exclusion from trial 
B) failure to follow rules of evidence 
C) jury verdicts 
D) unlimited appeals

Question 18

Pen registers are employed to record telephone numbers dialed from a phone.

Accepted Answer

A) True 
 B)False

Question 19

The FISA Act regulates all of the following except ______.

Accepted Answer

A) surveillance within the United States of international threats 
B) addressing the surveillance of Americans and American residents abroad 
C) it does not regulate the surveillance of non-U.S.residents outside of the United States 
D) it regulates the surveillance of non-U.S.citizens 
A) surveillance within the United States of international threats 
B) addressing the surveillance of Americans and American residents abroad 
C) it does not regulate the surveillance of non-U.S.residents outside of the United States 
D) it regulates the surveillance of non-U.S.citizens

Question 20

______ refer(s) to the transfer of detainees from one country to another without the use of the ordinary legal process for enhanced interrogation.

Accepted Answer

A) Extradition 
B) Extraordinary renditions 
C) Movements 
D) Transfers 
A) Extradition 
B) Extraordinary renditions 
C) Movements 
D) Transfers

The government is required to meet a higher probable cause standard than that used in ordinary criminal investigations.

In United States v.Miller, the Supreme Court upheld the seizure of ______.

According to FISA, the U.S.attorney general can authorize emergency surveillance of a U.S. citizen for how long before obtaining a warrant?

A search in which law enforcement agents are able to delay notification of a suspect that they have conducted the search is known as a/an ______.

How are individuals grouped in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSD)?

The U.S.federal Convention Against Torture Implementation Act of 2005 makes it a crime punishable by up to ______ in prison to commit an act of torture "outside the United States."

Drones are small, remote-operated, pilotless aerial vehicles, which have become an important weapon in U.S.counterterrorism strategy.

In order to hold a noncitizen, the attorney general of the United States must show that there exists "______ to believe" that the individual has engaged in terrorist activities.

What are enhanced interrogation techniques? When can they be used? Do you agree with their use?

What are extraordinary renditions?

Material witness warrants have been subject to criticism.Several reforms have been proposed. List and explain these reforms.Can you come up with any alternatives?

All of the following are criticisms of sneak-and-peek searches except ______.

The USA PATRIOT Act has come under extreme fire since its passage back in 2001.Explain, from the material provided in the text, what the USA PATRIOT Act does and does not allow federal investigators to do.Does this information here strike you as too much authority for the government? Why or why not?

An individual who is believed to possess material testimony to a criminal investigation and who is reasonably believed to flee or be otherwise unavailable to testify at a later date may be detained by Means of a/an ______.

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court rule that all detainees held at Guantanamo are entitled to habeas corpus?

Material witnesses enjoy the same constitutional right to pretrial release as other federal detainees.

All of the following were identified as fatal flaws of military commissions except ______.

Pen registers are employed to record telephone numbers dialed from a phone.

The FISA Act regulates all of the following except ______.

______ refer(s) to the transfer of detainees from one country to another without the use of the ordinary legal process for enhanced interrogation.

An Introduction to Criminal Procedure

The Sources of Criminal Procedure

Searches and Seizures

Stop and Frisk

Probable Cause and Arrests

Searches and Seizures of Property

Inspections and Regulatory Searches

Interrogations and Confessions

Eyewitness and Scientific Identifications

The Exclusionary Rule and Entrapment

Civil and Criminal Remedies for Constitutional Violations

The Initiation of the Legal Process, Bail, and the Right to Counsel

The Courtroom: the Pretrial and Trial Process

Sentencing and Appeals

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Exam 15: Counterterrorism

The government is required to meet a higher probable cause standard than that used in ordinary criminal investigations.

In United States v.Miller, the Supreme Court upheld the seizure of ______.

According to FISA, the U.S.attorney general can authorize emergency surveillance of a U.S. citizen for how long before obtaining a warrant?

A search in which law enforcement agents are able to delay notification of a suspect that they have conducted the search is known as a/an ______.

How are individuals grouped in the Terrorist Screening Database (TSD)?

The U.S.federal Convention Against Torture Implementation Act of 2005 makes it a crime punishable by up to ______ in prison to commit an act of torture "outside the United States."

Drones are small, remote-operated, pilotless aerial vehicles, which have become an important weapon in U.S.counterterrorism strategy.

In order to hold a noncitizen, the attorney general of the United States must show that there exists "______ to believe" that the individual has engaged in terrorist activities.

What are enhanced interrogation techniques? When can they be used? Do you agree with their use?

What are extraordinary renditions?

Material witness warrants have been subject to criticism.Several reforms have been proposed. List and explain these reforms.Can you come up with any alternatives?

All of the following are criticisms of sneak-and-peek searches except ______.

An individual who is believed to possess material testimony to a criminal investigation and who is reasonably believed to flee or be otherwise unavailable to testify at a later date may be detained by Means of a/an ______.

In which case did the U.S.Supreme Court rule that all detainees held at Guantanamo are entitled to habeas corpus?

Material witnesses enjoy the same constitutional right to pretrial release as other federal detainees.

All of the following were identified as fatal flaws of military commissions except ______.

Pen registers are employed to record telephone numbers dialed from a phone.

The FISA Act regulates all of the following except ______.

______ refer(s) to the transfer of detainees from one country to another without the use of the ordinary legal process for enhanced interrogation.

An Introduction to Criminal Procedure

The Sources of Criminal Procedure

Searches and Seizures

Stop and Frisk

Probable Cause and Arrests

Searches and Seizures of Property

Inspections and Regulatory Searches

Interrogations and Confessions

Eyewitness and Scientific Identifications

The Exclusionary Rule and Entrapment

Civil and Criminal Remedies for Constitutional Violations

The Initiation of the Legal Process, Bail, and the Right to Counsel

The Courtroom: the Pretrial and Trial Process

Sentencing and Appeals

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