Stuart Taylor argues that the current statutes, administrative rules, and Supreme Court precedents involving searches and seizures and law enforcement investigations

a. are inadequate to effectively deal with the threat of terrorism.
b. give the police too much power to violate people’s basic civil liberties.
c. strike a good balance between effectively fighting terrorism and protecting civil liberties.
d. were all shaped largely by the 2001 Patriot Act.

a. are inadequate to effectively deal with the threat of terrorism.