The Transportation Security Administration is a government agency that is over the security for highways, mass transit, and buses but they are mostly known for the security in America's airports. The TSA was created as a response to the September 11, 2001, attacks. The goal of the TSA is to make sure all flights are safe. The TSA has a funding that is roughly in the billions and the budgets come out of passenger tax.
The TSA requires that passengers show ID at the security checkpoint before boarding their flight. Passengers that do not have ID may still be allowed to fly if their identity can be verified through an alternate way. At the airport security checkpoint, passengers are screened to make sure that no one is carrying any weapons. …show more content…
WikiLeaks is a nonprofit website that publishes classified information about the government. Julian Assange along with others established WikiLeaks and travelled around the world collecting information for the website. It wasn’t until Assange met Private Manning did WikiLeaks get a lot of attention. Private Manning provided the Collateral murder video, Afghanistan war logs, Iraq war logs, and the quarter of a million diplomatic cables and Guantanamo files.
After WikiLeaks released Manning’s material, U.S. authorities began investigating WikiLeaks and Assange. They tried to prosecute him them under the Espionage Act of 1917. Court documents published in May 2014 suggest that Assange was still under active and ongoing investigation at that time. I feel that the government is handling the situation wrong. The government is afraid to be shown in a bad light and they will do anything to save their names. Julian Assange is being under trial for violating the Espionage Act of 1917. The Act says it imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts. The Espionage Act has been rewritten many times and this is the
The TSA requires that passengers show ID at the security checkpoint before boarding their flight. Passengers that do not have ID may still be allowed to fly if their identity can be verified through an alternate way. At the airport security checkpoint, passengers are screened to make sure that no one is carrying any weapons. …show more content…
WikiLeaks is a nonprofit website that publishes classified information about the government. Julian Assange along with others established WikiLeaks and travelled around the world collecting information for the website. It wasn’t until Assange met Private Manning did WikiLeaks get a lot of attention. Private Manning provided the Collateral murder video, Afghanistan war logs, Iraq war logs, and the quarter of a million diplomatic cables and Guantanamo files.
After WikiLeaks released Manning’s material, U.S. authorities began investigating WikiLeaks and Assange. They tried to prosecute him them under the Espionage Act of 1917. Court documents published in May 2014 suggest that Assange was still under active and ongoing investigation at that time. I feel that the government is handling the situation wrong. The government is afraid to be shown in a bad light and they will do anything to save their names. Julian Assange is being under trial for violating the Espionage Act of 1917. The Act says it imposed harsh penalties on anyone found guilty of making false statements that interfered with the prosecution of the war; insulting or abusing the U.S. government, the flag, the Constitution or the military; agitating against the production of necessary war materials; or advocating, teaching or defending any of these acts. The Espionage Act has been rewritten many times and this is the