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Credit: PETER RUSSO -- THE TECH

Protestors outside Faneuil Hall vehemently call for the end of the USA Patriot Act Tuesday morning. The controversial enactment, passed by Congress in Oct. 2001, gives the government broader access to surveillance tools used to combat domestic terrorism. Protestors argued that the law violates basic freedoms, such as those of speech, assembly, and religion.