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More was Lost than Lives The day of the September 11 attacks was a terrible day that will be forever remembered. The attacks however did not only cost Americans their lives at the World Trade Centers, the Pentagon and on those planes; the attacks also took Americans’ freedoms. Following the attacks the unconstitutional Patriot act was passed, the inconvenient and ineffective Transportation and Security Agency was formed, and the NSA’s mass surveillance program was increased. While all of these actions were done in order to protect Americans from terrorism they have only succeeded in denying Americans the very rights afforded to them in the United States Constitution. The USA PATRIOT Act passed in the days following the September 11 attacks was passed to give law enforcement agencies more power to track and prosecute suspected terrorists. While stopping terrorism is a noble goal, eroding the constitutional rights of Americans is not. The Patriot act denies Americans their …show more content…

This governmental organization oversees security in airports and ensure the safety of commercial airplanes. However the TSA has failed in its duties and instead is only a nuisance to Americans that only delays them without affording them any added security. The TSA has been ineffective in stopping weapons and explosives from boarding planes. In security trials the NSA failed to stop ninety five percent of weapons and simulated explosives from entering planes. Annually the TSA costs American taxpayers over seven billion US dollars(The Transportation). The huge budget of the TSA combined with its ineffectiveness creates a huge waste of taxpayer dollars in a time when the US national debt was, as of April 2015, over eighteen trillion dollars(Patton). While the inefficiency and waste of the TSA pales in comparison to the problems presented by the NSA and Patriot Act it still needs

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Airport security has intensified throughout the United States since the terrorist attacks in 2001. Airport security has intensified by having peoples ID Name and picture must match what is on ticket. Before 9/11 there was no way to tell that if the passenger 's name and picture

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In the ten years immediately following 9/11, the United States spent 635 billion dollars on homeland security. With this increase in spending American citizens would expect airport security to be greatly improved, but there have been many instances where the TSA failed to do its job. On a flight from Atlanta to Chicago, Blake Alford carried a fully loaded semi-automatic handgun with him all the way to his hotel in Chicago. Mr. Alford turned himself into the TSA after he realized his infraction, but this rare instance has people wondering how often the TSA makes mistakes. Alford went through security like any other traveler in the Atlanta airport, but even a full body scan did not detect his weapon.

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CONCLUSION The USA Patriot Act violates the Unites States Constitution. The Patriot Act's purpose is to protect Americans from foreign threats and domestic terrorist attacks, however, the cons of this Act far outweigh the pros. It is important to protect Americans, but the illusion of homeland safety is not worth relinquishing civil rights for.

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The USA Patriot Act was signed into law on Oct. 26, 2001, due to the need for cooperation among all levels of security. Police and other department agencies were given powerful authority and encouraged to share information. This is to meet the goal for a safer America in times of turmoil including international affairs. But as the years have passed and as terrorist attacks seem to cease, people have begun to question if there’s too many restrictions on law enforcement were called off.

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Subsequent, to the September 11th,2001 terrorist attacks, the Department of Justice proposed The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act) to prevent future terroristic attacks. According to Preserving Life and Liberty article, the PATRIOT ACT has played an imperative part in “a number of successful operations to protect innocent Americans from plans of terrorist dedicated to destroying America and our way of life.” Further, Rosemary Jenks emphases in her article “A Summary of the Anti-Terrorism Law’s Immigration – Related Provision” that the PATRIOT Act focuses mainly on “reinforcing the arsenal of tools available to the Central Intelligence Agency, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, and federal prosecutors for identifying and disabling terrorist networks operating both

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Two months after the attacks, Congress federalized airport security by approving the Aviation and Transportation Security Act. The act introduced stricter guidelines on passenger and luggage screening and new machinery designed to scan for weapons or other similar items. As new threats became known, new procedures were put in place to counteract them, such as removing shoes or banning liquids. A September 11th fee was also introduced to airplane tickets, and it funded many changes within the airplane, with fortified cockpit doors and pilots now having the possibility of becoming federal flight deck officers, allowing them to carry a loaded gun and act as a federal officer. Congress introduced even more laws to hopefully prevent an event like 9/11 from happening again, with 48 bills being approved and almost 130 pieces of legislation being introduced.

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Recently, many people have forgotten why the United States of America was formed, for freedom and independence from a king and state. Some of us even have trouble remembering what rights we do have, due to the gradual but continuous media and educational focus on more current distractions. Few have taken notice, or been able to see through the daily fog of which Iphone to buy or what flag offends who. There is still discrimination everywhere we look being race, body type, the religion we follow. More and more police are being caught on camera shooting unarmed citizens, throwing bombs into cribs during no-knock, warrantless entries, and causing the general public to lose faith in a system of governance originally set up to protect and serve.

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The Patriot Act In post nine eleven America there was and still is a hysteria regarding terrorism. People were scared for their lives every time they went outside Bureaucrats and politicians were in a state of “fear” for themselves and their families. Politicians saw this as a time to do what they wanted in congress with terrorism as a cover story. This fear enacted many new bills and laws, but none were as controversial as the Patriot Act. From an observational standpoint this act was seen as any other to Americans in fear of terrorist acts.

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First airports can legally opt out of TSA services and hire private security instead. TSA is an agency of the U.S. Department of Homeland Security that has authority over the security of the public in the United States. Each full-body scanner can cost up to $170,000 and TSA is basically stealing money from traveling agencies and making a profit from these machines. However, some travele agencies don’t have the money to pay for the full-body screenings,

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Preventing terrorism is super important. Obviously, the Patriot Act can be extremely helpful when used correctly to protect American

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These assumptions concluded that all passengers were equally suspicious and the main purpose of airport security is to keep dangerous objects off of planes. According to Poole and Carafano (2006), “These assumptions resulted in the creation of the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), a federal bureaucracy that has cost a consid­erable amount of money without making Ameri­cans noticeably safer.” Federalizing airport security was needed to ensure that a high level of security nationwide was provided regardless of the size of an airport or its functions. However, this rationale and approach of a one-size fits all drove inefficiency because the differences in airport size and operations affected both passengers and baggage’s. Due to the federalization of airport security, disadvantages that have arisen with TSA.

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Argument Essay, Airport Security The Transportation Security Administration or TSA’s screening ended up missing 95% of mock explosives and weapons in airports across America in a test that took place in 2015 ,reported Marie Mosca, who also has reported that the TSA is putting on ,quote, “a glorified play” that makes people feel like they are safe, when the people are really keeping the citizens safe are the FBI or Federal Bureau-Investigation and the secret service. Many have heard the name TSA but don’t really know who they are, and what they do. The TSA is an organization that monitors and decides what to add in airport security. They have added rules that require full body screening, only a certain amount of liquid is allowed on flights, and many other questionable rules that have not affected terror rates.

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Airport security Airport security has had many different opinions by the people about the way they operate some are good and some are bad. There is no way to say which one is right and which one is wrong but by looking at the pros and cons you can make an opinion on whichever you believe. A few pros that come with airport security are that it offers passengers protection, it offers jobs, it is unavoidable, and helps stop terrorism.some cons to airport security are that it does not offer full protection, airport security is very excessive, airport is inconvenient to most fliers, it is unavoidable, And it is becoming more and more stricter as the years go on. The main purpose of airport security is to stop terrorism.

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The federal government’s absolute control over the TSA makes airline travel inefficient because adjusting the administration’s budget for more screeners, technology, and research is difficult and slow to develop. The security lines in airports are more often than not long and slow and there is no obvious solution that would make the TSA more efficient. Author Julia Zorthian of Time magazine claimed that the TSA blames passengers: “They carry on too many bags, which causes delays, and sometimes ignore small steps like having their IDs and boarding passes ready what would expedite the security process”. There is an unfortunate distribution of blame between the federal government and the consumers. The federal administration of airport security isn’t beneficial to either party; the federal government is responsible for drafting a budget of $7.4 Million dollars which adds to the national debt and the consumers are being subjected to inconvenient and intrusive screening processes (Zorthian 1).

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Ever so often airports become a target of attack and crime. In response, there have been changes to airport security through the years, including increased security measures and new security agencies such as the federal agency Transportation Security Administration (TSA). With more attacks occurring more enhanced security is being made. Though many argue that these measures are meant to keep the travelers safe and the country as a whole safe, others might argue that the passengers are being violated and their privacy is being invaded. As a result of the many airport terrorist attacks, there’s been an increase in intensity of the security measures making it inconvenient and invasive for travelers.

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