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Liberal associate justice of the Supreme Court, William J. Brennan Jr. said, “If the right to privacy means anything, it is the right of the individual, married or single, to be free from unwarranted governmental intrusion.” The great debate circling the minds of many individuals in the U.S. , what’s more important, our privacy or national security? In my perspective, privacy is more significant. Privacy can be defined in Constitutional Law as, “the right of people to make personal decisions regarding intimate matters; under the Common Law, the right of people to lead their lives in a manner that is reasonably secluded from public scrutiny, whether such scrutiny comes from a neighbor 's prying eyes, an investigator 's eavesdropping ears, or …show more content…

To “secure the general welfare.” But under the 4th Amendment of our constitution, we have the right “…to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.” So the government is violating our 4th Amendment keeping tabs on its people through the two secret programs, that were exposed by the former Central Intelligence Agency, leaker, Edward Snowden. According to Michael B Kelley (2013), Barack Obama defended the programs by saying: “"You can’t have 100% security, and also then have 100% privacy and zero inconvenience … “the right balance” had been struck between security and privacy, and said that we are "going to have to make some choices as a society Americans.” This is something that should worry us all, it’s a dangerous choice made by people in power of our nation. Nobody feels protected/secured in a surveillance state. The nation is slowly turning similar to the book “1984” by George Orwell. Where “Big Brother” watches, records and controls every aspect of human life, including the thoughts going through your brain are considered crimes. The more power is given to our leaders, the greater the abuse can be. I have seen many people mention, "If you have nothing to hide then you should have no concern for your privacy." The thing that is wrong with that is that people don’t want everything in their lives disclosure to everyone. If someone was to get robbed, assaulted, raped, etc. would you want the details getting out and being published, so everyone knows? Nobody

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Prior to the Patriot act a search warrant was needed, after the Patriot Act a search warrant is no longer required for agents to employ surveillance “…when looking into the full range of terrorism-related crimes,” (Dept. of Justice). The Patriot Act allows federal officials to gather information for suspected terrorist activity without needing to have evidence. In addition to this, Howard Ball observed that in the seventh title of the Patriot Act information is able to be shared between federal, state, and local law enforcement (52). Banks and Tauber analyzed federal district court decisions on cases regarding the Patriot act and they found, “[T]hey [district courts] are not inclined to protect civil rights and liberties during times of domestic or international conflict.” They continue to note that judicial ideology does not affect the outcomes of these cases, that civil-libertarian interest groups make a deferential decision less likely, and that if a more conservative Senate and president are in power a deferential decision is more

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Edward Snowden perfectly sums up the thought process behind the rejection of the mass surveillance: “Privacy isn’t about something to hide. Privacy is about something to protect… freedom of speech doesn’t mean much if you can’t have a quiet space… arguing that you don’t have privacy because you have nothing to hide is like arguing that you don’t care about free speech because you have nothing to say.” (Document 2). The point of view is from an ardent Libertarian that has contributed to Ron Paul’s campaign numerous times. Edward Snowden firmly believes in the right to self.

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To begin with, There are many similarities between world war 1 and world war 2. Both wars involved military alliances. During world war 1 the central powers included Germany, austria-hungary, bulgaria and the ottoman empire. The allies were France, Britain, Russia, Italy, Japan, and the U.S. World war 2 allies consisted of the united nations and the axis power included Germany, Japan, and italy. ( Distinguished ww1 and ww2) World war 1 and 2 were also fought in the same century only 21 years apart from each other.

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The U.S follows a different school of surveillance. Despite the fundamental right to be held “innocent until proven guilty”, it monitors everyone until proven innocent. The status quo could of course damage America’s long known liberties granted by the Constitution. Recent revelations by whistleblower Edward Snowden, have confirmed that the government is more likely to cross some constitutional lines in the name of national security. “The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 (FISA) regulates the government’s acquisition of any electronic surveillance within the country for foreign intelligence use.

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You shouldn’t have to be watched if you aren’t deemed a threat to yourself or society. In my opinion humans are naturally more private creatures that don’t like sharing everything about themselves. The individual right of privacy allows humans to hide somethings about themselves, if it doesn’t seem harmful. However, surveillance is used in public order to observe those that could be plotting against the government, or an attack in the United States. Surveillance has been used to catch and stop many dangerous people who show a threat to the safety of the United States.

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Personal records given to the NSA or government without a probable cause or reasoning for a search warrant repels everything the Fourth Amendment represents. As said by Samuel Warren and Louis Brandeis “Now the right to life has come to the right to be let alone” with the government and other associations receiving the right to track records at any moment takes away from the feeling of security the Fourth Amendment is supposed to give citizens. The confidentiality of individual’s personal belongings, feeling of security, and freedom from governmental obstruction is what makes the Fourth Amendment important to society, although search-warrants can be issued with causes that seem reasonable.

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