American government surveillance is the monitoring of a person or group‚ more often a suspect or criminal‚ by the American government or American security agencies. Government surveillance has always been a part of our society‚ but has increased drastically due to the uprise in terrorist attacks and public violence. Due to government surveillance and U.S. database intruders‚ innocent American citizens are being deprived of their privacy. Therefore‚ mass surveillance should be limited and not exceed
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after September 11‚ 2001‚ the US passed the Patriot Act on October 26‚ 2001. The term USA Patriot is an acronym which stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (Zara Gelsey‚ p.473). This act allows the FBI to watch what people are doing. The USA Patriot Act gives the government too much power to invade privacy. This act may very well put our futures in jeopardy. The Patriot Act is a dangerous law. It is completely the opposite
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At 8:45am‚ on September 11th‚ 2001 America ’s heart was torn by a hijacked plane crashing through the north tower of the World Trade Center. Eighteen minutes later‚ a shocked country received a second blow as a second plane tore through the south tower. An estimated 2‚819 lives were lost that day. The attack seemed to have come out of nowhere. As a country‚ we were not properly prepared to defend ourselves. America needs to devote as much money and as many resources as possible to combating terrorism
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in Consumer Credit Reports.” Retrieved from http://www.calpirg.org/reports/caf/mistakes-do-happen Federal Trade Commission. (1970) “The Fair Credit Reporting Act of 1970.” Retrieved from http://www.ftc.gov/os/statutes/031224fcra.pdf US Legal‚ Inc. (2010). “USA Patriot Act.” Retrieved from http://civilrights.uslegal.com/usa-patriot-act/
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victimized and vulnerable‚ posing a possible increase in an attempt to retaliate for the original offense. The legislation does not allow individuals to be prosecuted for their hateful thoughts‚ but instead allows them to be punished for their hateful acts. Thus‚ willfully inflicting
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passed the USA Patriot Act into law. The Patriot Act in short gave law enforcement agencies increased‚ more broad powers to bring terrorists to justice and with its passing ignited controversy amongst many concerning the perceived violation of the first and fourth amendments. Advocates of the act believe that it is vital due to new threats
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AJS 101 USA PATRIOT ACT The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 was created and put into affect after the tragic events of September 11th‚ 2001. The law was intended to give United States Law Enforcement the ability to prevent future acts of terrorism on United States soil. These abilities allowed law enforcement retrieve private information on current United States citizens and foreign United States visitors without their knowledge and without a probable cause. After the event of September‚ 11th‚ the
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able to think or act freely. Dinh‚ the author of both the Patriot Act and the essay "How the USA Patriot Act Defends Democracy"‚ uses a modern day form of double think in an attempt to justify the Patriot Act‚ an act which unconstitutionally violates the individual’s right of privacy through the clandestine use of surveillance. Gelsey‚ the author of the essay "The FBI is Reading over Your Shoulder" illustrates the potential effect of the Library Records Provision of the Patriot Act‚ otherwise known
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prompt the Bush administration to make homeland security its top priority. The focus was to make an effort to prevent future terrorist attacks and to secure our country but at what cost? The outcome of the 2001 attacks was the creation of the USA Patriot Act which stands for “Unity and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”
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Civil liberties‚ Patriot Act and Snowden The United States of America has become one of the strongest nations in the world. Through the unfortunate tragedies that have occurred over the years‚ we as American citizens have overcome these disastrous events together as one. Since the devastating attack on September 11‚ 2001 America has come to be more precautious‚ knowledgeable and prepared for what could come our way in the future. Having a new conspicuous perspective the patriot act was established
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