Why Is National Security Important

Zahir Whyte Ms.Toscano
3/. /16 Ms. Bauer
The importance of Civil liberties over National security Multiple people have different opinions on whether National security is more important than civil liberties or Civil liberties is more important than national security personally Civil liberties is more important an example to show that civil
Civil liberties are more important than the nations security because we have lots of security like police officers and the military and the CIA and lots of other secret organizations protecting the nation but we have nothing that can really protect our privacy. Amendment IV states "The right of the people 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" (BillOfRights.Org). This basically means that all people can have the privacy of there house, papers they have and anything else. This goes with when the NYPD had surveillance on Muslims and the mosques. "Civil rights lawyers say such 'widespread and intense' surveillance has created a climate of fear, and stigma among Muslims living in New York. They are now seeking a court injunction against the NYPD's ability to instigate investigations into Muslims without evidence of crimes and for a judge to appoint an independent monitor to oversee its counter-terrorism efforts" (McVeigh). This quote explains how Muslims are scared and they feel shame and want to bring the NYPD to court for starting investigations about Muslims without any evidence of crimes. Another piece of evidence is "Lawyers
Civil liberties is more important because people's privacy is more important the nations security because we will always have people watching over the nation. In the article "US Court: Muslims can sue NYPD over mass surveillance" by Dien Luong the article says "In 2012, Muslim Advocates, a national advocacy group, and the New York-based Center for Constitutional Rights filed a lawsuit against what they called the NYPD's unlawful and blanket surveillance of Muslim Americans in New Jersey. The move came after the Associated Press published an expose of the program in 2011" (Luong). This quote is stating that a national supporting group of Muslims filed a lawsuit against the New York Police Department for keeping surveillance of Muslims in New Jersey and the Muslims where right to sue the NYPD because they are racially profiling Muslims for past events that happened. Another quote stating why civil liberties is more important than national security is "According to documents the plaintiffs filed, the NYPD's surveillance program, which by its own admission has not yet led to a single conviction, "uses a variety of methods to spy on Muslims", such as pictures, video, and collecting license plate numbers of mosque congregants" (Luong). This quote says that according to documents the supporting group filed about the NYPD's surveillance program they used several methods to watch the Muslims like using photography, video, and