They may have the power to investigate terrorism; Congress should have the ability to ensure that the FBI does not go too far. The Patriot Act even gave the FBI the authority to extract an unlimited number of business records, such as sensitive records such as medical, library and bookstore records, with a secret court order issued without factual proof of necessity. The only possible way to improve the situation would be to restrict the FBI in some of its power and only allow it to obtain files on people suspected of being terrorists. They should not get the entire database containing information on innocent people. This comes down to the government overstepping its bounds and not staying within its power because the Patriot Act was passed to reduce terrorist attacks, not to spy on innocent people and end up arresting them for no apparent reason because they are innocent. The FBI's investigation under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), a law expanded by the Patriot Act, was made public with almost no information. The FBI should do more public reporting on the techniques so that the public is informed about the amount of information obtained on citizens. The Patriot Act contains domestic terrorism, so broad that anyone who commits