patriot Act

I researched privacy on the internet for our group project and i ran across the patriot act. i didn't really know anything about this until I started reading about it for the group wiki project. I found it very interesting because our privacy is truly being invaded and our rights seem to be diminishing as far as privacy goes. The government can now "tap" in to our cell phones and e-mails. I found this horrible that our government is becoming so powerful where its reaching a point where they may invade our privacy when they feel it is needed. What kind of provisions are put on this patriot act...or are there any at all?Americans have always prided ourselves because of all of the rights we have, but how many other rights will be taken from us as the government feels deemed?