A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There
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NSA Affirmative William Saletan‚ 2013[Going Courtless‚William‚ National Correspondent at Slate.com‚ Going Courtless‚ http://www.slate.com/bullpen/warrantless_searches_the_court_oversight_of_nsa_phone_surveillan.html] The National Security Agency has been collecting the phone records of all U.S. citizens—which numbers have called which other numbers‚ when‚ and for how long—in an enormous database. The government says this mass collection is OK because the database is “queried”—i.e.‚ searched—only
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Society 2/7/2013 Law in the News ------------------------------------------------- For the first Law in the News it seemed fitting to jump right in so to speak. On September 30th‚ 2011 Anwar al-Aulaqi was killed by an airstrike from a drone. A drone is an unmanned plane of sorts that is capable of firing missiles at targets with pin point accuracy. Having airstrikes like these has become a somewhat common occurrence in President Obama’s and his predisesor George Bush’s presidencies. Obama’s
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reported case of NSA spying. Edward Snowden worked for the NSA and became a whistleblower when found out how invasive the NSA become. He took classified information from the NSA and how they were misleading congress. He contacted Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras to get the story out. According to Snowden the NSA had direct access to “Google‚ Microsoft‚ Facebook‚ even Steve Jobs’s Apple.” (Harding). The NSA had information on everyone without their consent. This was the biggest issue‚ the NSA was breaking
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feeling may not be just a feeling anymore. The government uses aircraft drones to video and take pictures of other countries to spy on them. Although‚ the government has started using these drones and other spying devices to watch the United States as well. One day‚ you may observe a miniature helicopter with cameras or a small plane looking upon the houses of this country’s citizens houses. There is a very good use for these drones as well‚ “Police departments in Texas‚ Florida and Minnesota have already
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malfunctioned Drones from the sky 2. Safety Concern regarding physical threat to the pilot 3. GPS hacking of Drones 4. Privacy Issue such as spying video camera 5. Privacy Issue and Security Concerns by using hijacked or remotely hacked drones 6. Truck delivery also has safety issue such as slippery road due to inclement weather or unexpected car accident. 7. Drones will be helpful from Truck Driver’s safety concern. 8. Drones: Regulations should be placed to decrease public safety concerns 9. Drones: Insurance
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Since the United States first targeted a suspected terrorist with a lethal drone strike in 2002‚ the government in the United States has progressed to use drones as non-military domestics. According to Mike Mcginn‚ mayor in Seattle‚ there are some benefits about using drones instead of regular police work. He said that it can decrease the cost minimalize from his budget because it brings less man power (Clarridge NY Times). Also‚ he mentioned that it can cover more area than human beings. Actually
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THE DRONES CONTROVERSY IN TODAY’S CONFLICT In today’s battlefield unmanned aerial systems (UASs) also known as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs)‚ remotely piloted vehicles (RPVs) or drones are the United States Department of Defense’s most controversial defense weapon to date. Many US top commanders and expert in military history‚ intelligence‚ and international security‚ says that unmanned aerial systems or UAS‚ as experts call them‚ are the most important new military technology in the twenty-first
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The Advantages of Drones By: Jacob Griffin INTRODUCTION: Since the beginning of time‚ man has had a great desire to fly. In 1903‚ the Wright Brothers were the first men to achieve sustained‚ powered flight. Long after man first flew and with the invention of advanced electronics‚ people decided they wanted to fly small planes for themselves as a hobby. For years‚ people have enjoyed flying radio controlled aircraft. An advance in technology correlates to an advance in electronics‚ which results
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which means we effectively are less free.” People have been living in a world where technology controls them.. What they do not know is that the NSA has been treating people as if they were criminals. Do we really have freedom when the NSA is collecting and reading more than 200 million messages per day. Has our 4th amendment been overthrown by NSA? A country is not free‚ if its citizens are constantly being spied on. In the present day‚ people surround themselves in technology compared to the
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