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Pros And Cons Of Government Surveillance

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[I believe that Government Surveillance is not a very useful way to gain ground against terrorism.] Due to the lack of actual terrorist activity this will then increase public distrust in the government.(Frankovic, Kathy) Making citizens fearful and defiant against the government.
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Many Democrats, Republicans, and Independents believe in more restrictions on the NSA and the data collections of other spy organizations. The citizens want the government to do something but only a small percent of people believe that the government would actually follow through and act, and put on new restrictions.(Frankovic, Kathy) They want guidelines that will help keep everything running efficiently. This will also keep people not only safe …show more content…

Since the tragic incident of 9/11 nationwide security has been increased on not just informational surveillance, but also on physical security such as the Transportation Security Administration, which heightened airport security. Causing the screening to go from private companies being in charge to the government taking over (Drastic Changes). Does this help? Yes, I would say that it does. Even if the security itself does not catch everything. I believe that it puts just enough fear into a criminal that it makes it harder for them to do destructive things. The reason why it helps is because of focus, focus has been centered on that area due to what has happened in the past. Snowden has also spoken about focus and why the lack of it is why the Boston Bombing happened. The government is too busy watching everyone all at once that it could not possibly focus on what it needs to (Snowden). Focus not so much on the suburban mom with not any criminal activity, but people that have been linked to violence and criminal behavior. The american people are very skeptical that all of this data hoarding the government is doing. Less than half of the population believe that the data collection amounts to anything useful, not to mention terrorist

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Due to the enactment of the The Patriot Act back in 2001 after the 9/11 attacks, the United States has felt its effect on their right to privacy. Many believe that the US has taken advantage of the act to spy on innocent Americans rather than actually gathering information on terrorists. Certain methods are used such as eavesdropping on phone calls, The Prism Program which contains vital information of americans across the internet. A bulk database of phone numbers etc, The Patriot Act does have its positive aspects in certain areas except privacy. However, it also comes with its cons as well.

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Overall, the Patriot Act may have helped to prevent terrorism, but it came at a cost. Before 9/11, there were a few other terrorist attacks that alerted Americans. One such attack was the Oklahoma City bombing. The bombing occurred in 1995. A truck containing explosives was driven to the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building, and it was detonated.

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After September 11th, the government introduced the Patriot Act that changed the way the government surveillance Americans. The point of the Patriot Act is was to track activity of terrorist. As an American citizen, I agree that the Patriot Act is necessary to protect American citizens from terrorism, but it also can turn everyday Americans to a suspect because of speculations. Information sharing is a pro because it enhances information sharing within the FBI, and with the intelligence community at large.  This can also be looked at as a con because  sharing can create large databases of people who are not threats.

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Yet, is this the right question? If we are to argue that the surveillance is inappropriate, we need to understand the change in context. If we look at the world 10 years ago, when attitudes to surveillance changed, the attack of 11 September 2011 is seen as a catalyst. However, it is not the source of the surveillance.

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The U.S. PATRIOT Act was passed on October 26, 2011. This act gives extensive powers to “federal investigators to track down suspected terrorists and spoil any future terrorist attacks in the United States” (Uddin, 2014). While there are both opponents and supporters of this act, it mainly seems to cause controversy as news stories chronicle the latest pros and mostly cons regarding the topic. When first passed, supporters said that the provisions would enhance information sharing. Detractors, however, said that “unrestricted sharing could lead to the development of databases about citizens who are not targets of criminal investigations” (Abramson & Godoy, 2005).

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Through phone and web-browsing surveillance, the NSA has made the U.S safer and created less potential for future attacks. NSA has used phones and how the world communicates to improve the actions they take to protect

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This is an understandable reason for people to dislike and not desire the act in the first place. People don't like it when someone else is listening in on their conversations, so why would it be any better if the U.S. government were recording and saving our phone calls? To be frank, it isn't. Thousands of people have expressed their doubts about the government and all the information that they have on citizens. While it might be an invasion of privacy and people don't know what they do with the information, this action taken by our government is necessary to protect the citizens of the United States of America.

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NSA hides the fact that they are monitoring on US citizens without the warrant as they find some connection between the person monitored and some illegal activity to justify their monitoring. At first, after the 9/11, President George W. Bush started a program of mass monitoring of US communication. He had started it without FISA Court’s knowledge and when the population find out about this Congress had to create and enact the FISA Amendment Act of 2008 and inside was the crucial Section 702 that, by law, validates mass monitoring over the last 7 years. These communication monitoring systems rely on these two statutes: FISA Amendment Act of 2008 (Section 702) and Patriot Act (Section 215).

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The NSA or the National Security Agency carries out most of the domestic surveillance in the United States. Before the 9/11 attacks the NSA needed approval from a court, but after the attacks, they were given free reign to copy any data that possibly linked to terrorist activities. This led to many arguments over whether this collection of data was unconstitutional or not. The extent of this surveillance shocked many people; many civil rights advocates thought that this surveillance breached United States citizens’ rights. Because of the threat of domestic surveillance in the United States it should be decreased drastically but not entirely stopped.

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If I was presented with two pills one being blue which represents the status quo. This will leave me as I am, in a life full of habits and things familiar to me. The red pill on the other hand represents an unknown quantity and the pursuit of trying to understand the world that I have never seen. This will come at great risk, doubt, questioning and, ultimately, enlightenment. I would choose the red pill this is because I think knowledge is power and the more we know the further we can go in life.

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The numbers in this equation don’t add up to this action. High surveillance tactics is problematic to our communities. The US government use the Patriot Act to investigate, which only inhibits the freedom of religious practice and political expression. The FBI can map out communities by race and ethnicity, using absurd stereotypes to solve crimes that are most likely to be committed by a specific race. This is called “domain

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Despite public outcry and threats of impeachment, the National Security Administration’s (NSA) surveillance programs including US984XN, also known as PRISM, benefit the citizens of the United States of America. First of all, these programs are there to protect us from the very real threat of terrorist activity (The verge, 2013). Second, despite uninformed claims to the contrary, these programs could well be legal. Finally, this surveillance does very little to impact the amount of privacy we have in this digital age. The NSA’s surveillance is not a threat to the rights of law abiding US citizens, and should be allowed to continue.

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Balancing the desire for domestic security against the protection of civil liberties can be a composite process. The United States has experienced several historical periods in which countermeasures were implemented to thwart perceived threat to domestic security. The attacks of 11 September 2001 formed a new paradigm for domestic security in the United States. The struggle against terrorism, particularly catastrophic terrorism, became the government’s most vital priority. In the wake of these attacks, the Department of Homeland Security was established, with wider powers of enforcement, set forth in new legislation such as the Patriot Act.

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(Bilton, 2013) Surveillance of search engines permits information to be monitored so that if any hazardous search word like how to make bomb is looked it up several times by someone then it can be identified (Anon, 2014). Also, watching over the public assists police to capture crime suspects so that government organizations can protect national security (mass surveillance 위키피디아) To be specific, after terrible incident occurred in September 11, 2001, government of United States enacted the Patriot Act which stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001. The act was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001 in the name of declaring war with terrorism. (위키피디아) The law grants the right to Federal Bureau of Investigation to profile people who fit certain stereotypes so that potential crime and potential terror can be prevented.

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