Patriot Act Pros And Cons
Thesis: The Patriot Act was established post 9/11 to alleviate a problem with information sharing and surveillance data in the United States. For the sake of national security the government used and abused the peoples rights with the provisions granted by the Patriot Act. This led to the inception of the USA Freedom Act limiting the governments use and attempting to restore the public’s trust.
Introduction:
After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 the Patriot Act was put in place. It provided the government the means to detect, analyze and organize mass amounts of data. This information was used to monitor possible terrorist groups and deter their attacks. One of the changes that had the biggest impact was to data collection and surveillance. …show more content…
With the increased oversight given to the government what are the ethical dilemmas that could come from this given power?
a. Discuss the ways to keep government ethical.
b. Which is more important citizen rights or national security?
c. Discuss Kidder’s right vs. right dilemma and its relation to the safety of citizens and national security to the very rights of privacy of those citizens (Kidder,2003)
2 What are some of the changes the Patriot Act gave the government? What were some of the benefits this act provided in data collection and surveillance?
a. Service providers are now permitted to disclose customer data to the government if it’s to save lives. (H.R. 3162, 2001)
b. Suspected terrorists could now be collected on more easily by the government. (H.R. 3162, 2001)
c. To fight terrorism this Act provided the means to gather and disseminate information.
3 Discuss the argument for how the government could have abused and misused the Patriot Act and what it provided.
a. What is the legality of metadata collection? (Yoo, 2014)
b. Was the government at fault for going to far?
c. US court of appeals said the NSA collected more information than was legally allowed in the form of bulk data. (ACLU vs. Clapper, …show more content…
Misuse of Patriot Act Powers: the Inspector General's Finding of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI. Washington: GPO, 2007. Retrieved from https://fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/natseclet.html
United States, Congress, House of Representatives, et al. Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring, H. R. 2048, 114th Cong. Enacted Jun. 2, 2015, USA Freedom Act
USA FREEDOM Act Summary. (2015). Congressional Digest, 94(10), 8.
Sun-ha, H. (2017). Criticizing surveillance and surveillance critique: Why privacy and humanism are necessary but insufficient. Surveillance & Society.
Kidder, R. (2003). How good people make tough choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publisher Inc.
ACLU v. Clapper, 785 F.3d 787 (2d Cir. 2015). Retrieved from https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20150507084
Donohue, L. (2013). Bulk metadata collection: Statutory and constitutional considerations. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 37( 3), 757-900. Retrieved from https://www.harvard-jlpp.com/vols-35-39
Yoo, J. (2014) The legality of the National Security Agency’s bulk data surveillance programs. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 37( 3), 901-930. Retrieved from
Introduction:
After the terrorist attacks on 9/11 the Patriot Act was put in place. It provided the government the means to detect, analyze and organize mass amounts of data. This information was used to monitor possible terrorist groups and deter their attacks. One of the changes that had the biggest impact was to data collection and surveillance. …show more content…
With the increased oversight given to the government what are the ethical dilemmas that could come from this given power?
a. Discuss the ways to keep government ethical.
b. Which is more important citizen rights or national security?
c. Discuss Kidder’s right vs. right dilemma and its relation to the safety of citizens and national security to the very rights of privacy of those citizens (Kidder,2003)
2 What are some of the changes the Patriot Act gave the government? What were some of the benefits this act provided in data collection and surveillance?
a. Service providers are now permitted to disclose customer data to the government if it’s to save lives. (H.R. 3162, 2001)
b. Suspected terrorists could now be collected on more easily by the government. (H.R. 3162, 2001)
c. To fight terrorism this Act provided the means to gather and disseminate information.
3 Discuss the argument for how the government could have abused and misused the Patriot Act and what it provided.
a. What is the legality of metadata collection? (Yoo, 2014)
b. Was the government at fault for going to far?
c. US court of appeals said the NSA collected more information than was legally allowed in the form of bulk data. (ACLU vs. Clapper, …show more content…
Misuse of Patriot Act Powers: the Inspector General's Finding of Improper Use of the National Security Letters by the FBI. Washington: GPO, 2007. Retrieved from https://fas.org/irp/congress/2007_hr/natseclet.html
United States, Congress, House of Representatives, et al. Uniting and Strengthening America by Fulfilling Rights and Ensuring Effective Discipline Over Monitoring, H. R. 2048, 114th Cong. Enacted Jun. 2, 2015, USA Freedom Act
USA FREEDOM Act Summary. (2015). Congressional Digest, 94(10), 8.
Sun-ha, H. (2017). Criticizing surveillance and surveillance critique: Why privacy and humanism are necessary but insufficient. Surveillance & Society.
Kidder, R. (2003). How good people make tough choices: Resolving the dilemmas of ethical living. New York, NY: HarperCollins Publisher Inc.
ACLU v. Clapper, 785 F.3d 787 (2d Cir. 2015). Retrieved from https://www.leagle.com/decision/infco20150507084
Donohue, L. (2013). Bulk metadata collection: Statutory and constitutional considerations. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 37( 3), 757-900. Retrieved from https://www.harvard-jlpp.com/vols-35-39
Yoo, J. (2014) The legality of the National Security Agency’s bulk data surveillance programs. Harvard Journal of Law & Public Policy, 37( 3), 901-930. Retrieved from