a history of the patriot act The patriot act was drafted in response and introduced to congress by republican rep jim sensenbrenner assistant attorney general viet dinh was the primary author of the act, following his review of department of justice practices and procedures in the wake of the september 11 attacks [source: wiredcom.
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