An Abuser or a Diffuser By looking at the significance terrorism plays as a problem the us and the world faces, one can see that the Patriot act had played a huge role due to it gives governments and investigators the ability to collect personal information on Americans and combat terror. This is important because due to the history, present problems, pros, and cons it can be scene that the act can be argued as abusing our right or protecting our rights and lives. It was a normal day in New York people woke up and went to work, but on september 11th 2001 2,996 people didn't return home to their families and friends. On this day the world stood still in shock of what had just happened, two hijacked planes had been flown into the twin towers, …show more content…
tercept and obstruct terrorism.”(Preserving 6)“The law goes back to the 9/11 terrorist attacks and embodies the swift reaction of the executive and legislative branches in the wake of the deadliest terrorist strike on American soil.”(CNN 1 )The goal of this plan was to prevent terrorist attacks before they happened and in signing this bill into action the government was given the lawful right to survey, collect, and prosecute citizens that they …show more content…
The San Bernardino shooting wasn't just a shooting it was a terrorist attack on US soil and American Citizens were killed. This was after the Paris attacks in which Americans thought that they were safe, but what happens after the events of the San Bernardino shooting allowed people to speak their opinions. This occurred when the FBI obtained the shooters iPhone and realised that there was a lock on the screen, so what the FBI did was make Apple unlock the phone, but Apple didn't want to hack their phone because it went against their agreement with the public. Eventually the FBI won their case, but it still rose opinions whether the PATRIOT act was a good bill that protected American citizens or did this bill limit the rights of American Citizens in which they were granted by the founding fathers. “ it's one thing to reform the patriot act” graham said “it's another thing to gut it or weaken it”(CNN