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The USA Patriot Act gives officials more powers in searches and seizures and in sharing information. It allows the government to cite terrorism and computer fraud as the basis for requesting wiretaps.  It also allows roving wiretaps to follow suspects, no matter which telephones they use.  It allows secret searches in which the authorities delay notifying a suspect.  It allows the attorney general to detain any non-citizen believed to be a national-security risk and in some cases for long periods of time.  Many of the critics denounce the Act as a violation of civil liberties and an intrusion on privacy rights.