Surveillance and Wiretapping Under the Patriot II Act Some conservative groups are finding common ground with organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union and the Bill of Rights Defense Committee, expressing concerns about the effect that the USA Patriot Act and the follow-up law, the Domestic Security Enhancement Act (a.k.a. “Patriot II”), could have on civil liberties. Liberal critics have directed much of their worry at what they saw as an attack on immigrants' rights in the Patriot Act, the massive measure that was passed as the country was reeling from the Sept. 11, 2001, terror attacks. Now, right-leaning...