A Troika of perceptions. The influence of Bush, Powell and Rumsfeld on the Creation of the USA Patriot Act of 2001

Document from the year 2007 in the subject Politics - International Politics - Region: USA, grade: A+, Technological University of the Philippines (Political Science), course: for research proposals, language: English, abstract: The researcher is investigating on the perceptions of the three leaders in maneuvering and speeding up the legislation of the controversial USA PATRIOT Act that after the infamous Sept. 9, 2001 event, this act was enacted in less than one month and thirteen days in the Senate and approved (Oct. 26, 2001) by Pres. Bush immediately.

The purpose of this study is to assess the schema of the three US leaders using Operational Code analysis through the Verbs In Context System method of content analysis in influencing the creation of the said law. This will also show if the perceptions of the three US leaders are consonance with a certain pattern of political belief, which somehow affect the thinking of other leaders as manifested in creating anti-terrorism laws worldwide.