Government surveillance, which has gone up since 9/11 and has substantiated by the need for increased security in the country may be doing more harm than good. This is because its central objective of keeping American safe could be overshadowed by other negative outcomes that are a result of the process (Newkirk, 47). This paper discusses this issue with a clear stand against the process of government surveillance. Its main focus is to support the notion that this process elicits more harm than good when applied.
Several arguments have been levelled against government surveillance and majority revolve around the invasion of privacy for the American public through this process. Various studies and academic literature have clearly pointed out that after 9/11 several legislative policies that were passed did go contrary to the country’s expectation when it comes to upholding the right of privacy of the American citizenry (Newkirk, 44). Nowadays, it is clear through various instances that Americans do suffer from a deprivation of this right as the government and other institutions deploy various strategies to acquire private information (Thierer, 410). Though this in itself is a problem and does reveal the dark side of government surveillance, there is another approach that can be used to demonstrate why this process is increasingly …show more content…
The main one is enhancing the relationship between this institution and the public. Building trust and cooperation between these two entities will go a long way in producing positive results for both of them. On one side law enforcement is improved by the factor of public cooperation in terms of giving out information and assisting in security. On the other hand there is a reduced need for surveillance, especially that which infringes in the right to
Several arguments have been levelled against government surveillance and majority revolve around the invasion of privacy for the American public through this process. Various studies and academic literature have clearly pointed out that after 9/11 several legislative policies that were passed did go contrary to the country’s expectation when it comes to upholding the right of privacy of the American citizenry (Newkirk, 44). Nowadays, it is clear through various instances that Americans do suffer from a deprivation of this right as the government and other institutions deploy various strategies to acquire private information (Thierer, 410). Though this in itself is a problem and does reveal the dark side of government surveillance, there is another approach that can be used to demonstrate why this process is increasingly …show more content…
The main one is enhancing the relationship between this institution and the public. Building trust and cooperation between these two entities will go a long way in producing positive results for both of them. On one side law enforcement is improved by the factor of public cooperation in terms of giving out information and assisting in security. On the other hand there is a reduced need for surveillance, especially that which infringes in the right to