NSA: National Security or National Stalkers? In 2010‚ it became legal for the National Security Agency (NSA) to access private email logs‚ social media accounts and other internet databases (Risen & Poitras‚ "N.S.A. Gathers Data on Social Connections of U.S. Citizens). Risen and Poitras (2013) explain that the intention of this change was to help protect the United States (U.S.) from future terrorist attacks and was for the general purpose of national safety. It is unclear how many terrorist attacks
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According to the NSA website “Mission Statement The National Security Agency/Central Security Service (NSA/CSS) leads the U.S. Government in cryptology that encompasses both Signals Intelligence (SIGINT) and Information Assurance (IA) products and services‚ and enables Computer Network Operations (CNO) in order to gain a decision advantage for the Nation and our allies under all circumstances.” However‚ it goes on to say that “National Security Agency is part of the U.S. Department of Defense‚ serving
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The Liberal Reforms 1906-1914 Why did the Liberals introduce Social reform 1906-1914? Ever since the Liberal’s implemented social reform 1906-1914‚ historians have been divided as to why such reform occurred. However‚ there are some key reasons why the Liberal’s implemented reform: Reason 1: Social investigations of Booth and Rowntree At the end of the nineteenth century middle class social explorers such as Charles Booth and the Quaker social reformer Seebohm Rowntree highlighted unprecedented
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NSA REPORT The NSA stands for National Security Agency. It’s the main producer and manager of signals intelligence for the United States government. Basically‚ it spies on people 24/7. Every time people blink‚ they know it. In short‚ they know our personal lives. They know your deepest‚ inner thoughts. They are hearing your most private conversations. There was this one incident with a girl whose web-cam kept turning on when she remembered turning it off. Every time she turned it off‚ it
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were in this one empire. To say to what extent was the Austro-Hungarian Empire “ripe for dissolution” we must remember these different viewpoints because they were the main source of problems for the Austro-Hungarian Empire between 1867 and 1914. Based on the events listed in the book I would say that the Austro-Hungarian Empire was not ripe for dissolution‚ but they were close. From the outside‚ it did not seem like a nation that was ready to dissolve in 1914‚ but its internal ethnic strife and lack
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eWas Lenin’s leadership the main reason for Bolshevik success? Although initially Lenin was the one to make the Bolsheviks overthrow the Provisional Government‚ there were a number of long term factors that led to this revolution. The Provisional government were so weak that it meant that the Bolsheviks were the only party able to seize power in October 1917. The fact that the Provisional Government failed and the Bolsheviks were successful‚ was due to the fact they were a weak government who barely
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Was Propaganda the Main Reason for the Lack of Opposition Many people argue that Nazi Propaganda was the main reason for the lack of opposition towards the Nazi party. In this essay below the details of propaganda will be explored as well as other aspects that helped deal with the lack of opposition to the Nazi party. Propaganda is the use of media to promote only good ideas and values in the form of posters and radio. It helps people boost morale and also helps to win favour over people in
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“Was violence the main reason for Irish independence 1801-1922?” Violence has always been a part of Ireland‚ fuelled by religion‚ politics and nationalism. While it did play a significant role in Ireland being granted independence at the end of 1922‚ it was the motives behind the violence that arguably had more of an impact. Ireland entered the century with violence in the county of Wicklow‚ with prisoners still being shipped to Austrailia. Due to the violence the Irish Parlement and the British
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To what extent did the Liberal social reforms mark a significant break with 19th century attitudes to poverty? In 19th century Britain‚ the upper class and even the Government held a unanimous view of the poor. Their view was that poverty was the result of moral failings and that these people were responsible for their own social circumstance. The social elite stereotyped the poor as drunken and lazy‚ and therefore undeserving of help or attention. This was reflected in the ‘laissez faire’ approach
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Progressive Movement: "The Progressive movement of 1900 to 1917 was a triumph of conservatism rather than a victory for liberalism." I disagree with this statement. The basic philosophy of "conservatism" is that change is bad. The basic "historian" definition of progressivism is: a movement for social change and improvement. For this reason‚ it is accurate to say that this era was a triumph of liberalism. The Progressive movement was a time of extreme changes where‚ social‚ urban‚ and economic; these
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