intent of protecting our nation by a super-secret spy agency? That frightening scenario came into fruition in 2002‚ when in light of the 9/11 attacks‚ President Bush signed a secret order authorizing the NSA to eavesdrop on citizens without their knowledge. On the 5th of June 2013‚ the world was forever changed. The Guardian had just published an article exposing a top secret court order requiring Verizon to hand over millions of customers’ phone records
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No‚ the NSA Does Not Spy on Everyone‚ Everywhere: Why the National Security Agency’s Data Surveillance Programs are Both Legal and Necessary Remember where you were when the attacks of September 11th happened? Think back to that time. Think back to the scenes of burning rubble. Think back to the shock that all Americans felt at the ability of foreign terrorists to penetrate this country’s defenses and launch such an attack like that on American soil. If someone had told you that America would go
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I have a quote from the National Security Agency‚ “If you have nothing to hide‚ you have nothing to fear.” Resolve: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. From Oxford dictionary‚ I have a definition of privacy: freedom from unauthorized intrusion. The 4th Amendment from the constitution‚ “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
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Resolution------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. Contentions----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contention 1: NSA domestic surveillance stops terrorism. Impacts a. As a result of globalization and the information revolution‚ the trend of terrorism in the 21st century is
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CON Resolution--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As former Supreme Court Justice William Douglas once wrote‚ “The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the
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To Spy Or Not To Spy? – Unit 3 Case Study “All things are possible with the right technology!” said Helmut Schwartz‚ the recently appointed CEO of Globe Alive‚ Inc. (GAI)‚ an Edmonton-based software company. Speaking at a monthly management meeting of GAI executives‚ Schwartz continued. “With the right technology in our organization‚ we can facilitate efficient communication between global partners‚ discern in-bound supply chain elements from out-bound shipments‚ expedite customer orders in a timely
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The Development of Monitors By: Professor If you want to keep information secret‚ you have two possible strategies: hide the existence of the information‚ or make the information unintelligible. Cryptography is the art and science of keeping information secure from unintended audiences‚ of encrypting it. Conversely‚ cryptanalysis is the art and science of breaking encoded data. The branch of mathematics encompassing both cryptography and cryptanalysis is cryptology. This method of secrecy
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The truth behind the NSA On June 5‚ 2013‚ The Guardian revealed the first documents‚ culled from tens of thousands‚ about the United States’ and U.K.’s surveillance programs‚ leaked by former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden. At the time‚ only a handful of people at The Guardian and The Washington Post had any idea how many more disclosures were to come. Eight months later‚ media outlets around the world have published more than 100 revelations in over a dozen languages. We
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The NSA is the United State’s security agency. It has many spying capabilities and many people are worried about them. I personally am not that worried about the NSA. The NSA is keeping the United States safe from foreign aggresors and also protecting domestic terrorism. Edward Snowden‚ a former agenency contractor‚ leaked some information about the NSA and has gotten people upset about their "rights." They have been breaking people’s "rights" since 1952‚ but back then no one was complaining. Whether
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There has been a ton of controversy surrounding the topic of the NSA. Throughout the history of the United States we have fallen victim to terrorist attacks and we cannot blame the governments desire to be ten steps ahead rather than 10 steps behind. The NSA’s main focus is our safety‚ they do not exist to infringe on our constitutional rights. Liberty and security go hand-in-hand; one cannot exist without the other. People tend to approach this topic on a “national security v. civil liberties”
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