The Protect America Act was passed in 2007, allowing the government : a. to interrogate anyone without counsel present anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group b. to wiretap, without a warrant, anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group c. to detain indefinitely anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group d. to arrest anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group

Answer:The answer is b to wiretap, without a warrant, anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group

Explanation:

Following the 9/11 attack of terriorst organization on the United States the government of United States took action with a view to forestal the re-occurrence of such ugly incidence. one of the measures put in place by the government was the submission of a bill to the congress for an Act to enable the Director of National intelligence (DNI) and the Attorney General (AG) have power to get intelligence information which has to do with a person suspected of being linked to a terrorist group. The Act when it was passed gave the two government officials powers to wiretap, without a warrant, anyone suspected of being linked to a terrorist group.

B

Explanation:

The Protect America Act (PAA) is a controversial ammendment to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) that was also passed in 2007 by George W. Bush. The FISA is described as a surveillance program of warrantless domestic wiretapping ordered by the Bush administration and carried out by the National Security Agency.