The tragic events of September 11, 2001 at the New York City, Pentagon and Shanksville, PA Flight 93 site locations was a defining day in the history of the United States and the contemporary world. The three September 11, 2001 sites, referred to as 9/11 sites, were selected for the Hit the Field assignment because these 9/11 memorial sites are at the nexus of passionate interests, career experience and global relevance, as further described below and shown in Figure 1. First, the 9/11 sites were chosen because of my passionate interest in the topic of terrorism and the associated consequences. Research and fieldwork is hard work and time consuming, especially when you are balancing career, family and academic studies.…
Article #1: Sinha, G. Alex. " NSA surveillance since 9/11 and the human right to privacy." Loyola Law ReviewWinter 2013: 861+. Academic OneFile. Web.…
The Disturbing Effects of Terrorism The article “Don’t Sacrifice our Liberties” by Cait Murphy states some interesting facts about terrorism. Murphy states that “the human cost of terrorism is unfathomable and the economic cost is incalculable”, but she insinuates that we have the responsible to determine the cost to our freedom. She goes on to argue that we loose a lot of our personal liberties in the unwanted wake of terrorism.…
Post 9/11 Privacy Rights: The Case Against Electronic Surveillance In response to concerns about terrorism after the attacks on September 11,2001, the government of the United States enacted new guidelines for conducting surveillance on the public. This paper will discuss the implementation of electronic surveillance as a tool to combat terrorism and will make the case against sweeping electronic surveillance of American citizens and others in this country. Various examples of increased surveillance along with decreasing privacy right will help the reader to conclude that these tactics have not reduced incidents of any type of crime, including terrorism. This paper will also discuss several types of electronic surveillance, including the collection of metadata from telephone records, which intruded on the private lives of citizens and did not increase their safety in any meaningful way.…
Throughout the twenty-first century, domestic terrorism has grown into an important issue in the United States. After the infamous terrorist attacks of September 11th, 2001, the federal government of the United States has placed a much larger emphasis on homeland security and preventing terrorism. On October 2, 2001, the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT) was introduced in an attempt to improve homeland security. The USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 should not have passed because it violates the Fourth Amendment of the U.S. Constitution, intrudes upon the First Amendment of the Constitution, but passed because of the widespread fear of terrorism across…
U.S. War on Terror Policies: Security vs. Human Rights On September 10th, 2001, thousands of Americans went to sleep in their homes, unaware that it would be their last night alive. The next day, September 11th, over 3,000 Americans lost their lives as a result of the terroristic attacks led by the Islamic extremist group, al-Qaeda. The fact that United States security had been infiltrated came as a shock to the U.S. government and U.S. citizens. President George W. Bush and members of his administration decided it was time to reconsider government policies and organize a rally in national security efforts.…
The Patriot Act The department of Justice (DOJ) has many different jobs to fulfill in regards to keeping our nation safe. But, the DOJ has one main priority, and that is to prevent future terrorist acts within the United States (US) , and when warranted outside of the US. In a post-9/11 world, meaning after the attacks on the US on September 11th, 2001, the Patriot Act, has played a key role in assisting the DOJ in preventing future acts of terrorism. The writer will examine the pros and cons of the Patriot Act, and overall the ethics behind establishing, and implementing the Patriot Act throughout this country.…
Homes, businesses, mosques and Muslim schools have been vandalized, children tormented, and students harassed on college campuses. Outside of the regular hate crimes perpetrated by the people of the American public, the US government started racially profiling potential terrorists based on “Arab” features. (Hunt, 2014) This not only was a direct violation of the civil rights of the American people, but useless in identifying potential terrorists. (Hunt, 2014; Williams,…
Post 9-11 immigration policies have been looked ¨ through the lens of national security¨( Chishti,1). The author demonstrates that immigration policies have modified due to the attack. The policies have become more strict. The U.S. believes that these policies had to be altered to keep Americans safe. ¨...…
On September 11, 2001, the United States was under attack by the terrorists of Iraq and by the terrorists’ leader Saddam Hussein and any innocent Americans had died that day. After the 9/11 attack had happened, President George W. Bush spoke to the public about the tragic day and after he had made his speech President Bush held a meeting with several political officials discussing the topic on declaring war against the terrorists of Iraq. After the 9/11 attacks had happened, the American’s civil liberties were affected by policy changes that had followed the 9/11 attacks. Some of these policy changes were sovereignty, civil liberties, social contract and what the government is supposed to provide and to protect against for its people.…
Natural rights, privacy, and security are all superior within the Patriot Act. America, now-a-days, are terrorized by foreigners and out-of-state citizens for the control and power over the United States. By reading the primary source documents and commentary texts, it helped to show how the Patriot Act has a relationship to the Bill of Rights because of the reasoning to find a proper balance between national security and individual rights, explaining how the Patriot Act and privacy goes hand in hand with each other, and trying to find a solution to the debate over the Patriot Act. The Reason to finding a proper balance between national security and individual rights is so that the government doesn’t infringe on American rights. On September…
The 9/11 attacks on U.S soil marked the beginning of the war that was declared on terrorism. In turn it also shifted the balance of power among the three branches of government. Congress gave the executive branch unlimited power to act with extreme prejudice and the Supreme Court went along with the decisions the executive branch made to combat terrorism. This paper will explain how the three branches of our federal government- executive, legislative, and judicial- have responded to terrorism.…
“Federal prosecutors insisted that they used the “terrorist” label only to insure that the accused would receive tough sentences. But if that was the only concern, there would have been no need to apply the Patriot Act retroactively,” (Olson). The only question is whether or not the American people believe that the act is necessary or not. The question is formed by the people and that is ‘Freedom or Authority?” This idea is crucial because the U.S. government has two jobs; To preserve the freedom of the American people, and to protect the American people in order to preserve the freedom of them.…
The relationship between U.S. foreign policy and terror during the late Cold War, gives a historical understanding to help make a more informed political analysis of the “War on Terror” today. The “War on Terror” today is demonstrated through terrorism. Targeting civilians, political motives all have direct involvement involvement in the root of all terrorism. Acts man be direct or indirect but terrorism is defined as, “An act or acts designed to provoke an overreaction from a stronger power”. Through the historical understanding of the relationship between U.S. foreign policy and terror during the late Cold War; a more informed political analysis can be developed on the “War on Terror” today while using; Americas attitude toward political…
Terrorism is a very serious and extremely common crime in the world today. The evolution of terrorism is very complex, however in the beginning of the twentieth century the most often used method was assasination. Since then, terrorists have displayed much more significant threats and acts of terrorism on different parts of the world. Terrorism is generally defined as the unlawful use of force against persons or property in order to intimidate the government, frighten the civilian population, or coerce a segment of the public to surrender to political and social demands. (Karmen, A.)…