The Patriot Act is a controversial government policy that directly goes against the 4th amendment and violates our right to privacy; this is clearly unconstitutional. This policy has continued to spark debates about privacy and government overreach in this Age of Intelligence. The Patriot Act was initially created after the events of 9/11/2001 when two planes hit the World Trade Center in New York. In response to this event, the United States government created the 'Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism', commonly known as the Patriot Act. This allows the FBI to obtain your personal information, including phone, computer, credit, and banking records. The craziest part is that they don't even need permission from a judge and are not even required to tell you, which they very often don't inform you, in a common practice informally called "Sneak & Peek". This technique directly goes against the constitutional rights citizens were granted in the Bill of Rights 247 years ago by our nations founding fathers. The bill claims to fight terrorism, but in reality it makes citizens suspect …show more content…
They claim that by ending phone record surveillance it is the start to successfully ending surveillance abuses by the government. They rightfully point out that the Act violates the privacy of millions of people by letting the government collect phone records and much more without any reason or evidence of a crime. This surveillance on everyone is not only unconstitutional, but also doesn't make us safer. Even though the government claims that the program has stopped terrorist attacks, these have been repeatedly disproven. Even the White House's own Privacy and Civil Liberties Oversight Board has found no evidence that the program has made a difference in counterterrorism efforts. "Fight the Patriot Act" -