How Does Homeland Security Make People Sacrifice Their Privacy

Do you like being watched without your knowledge? Does that make you feel safe? Though some might say yes, the majority would agree that these things make them uncomfortable. The government has been using this tactic of constant surveillance as a crucial part of homeland security. Being under constant surveillance does not always equal safety. Homeland security should not make people sacrifice their privacy rights in exchange for safety. The United States Department of Homeland Security was founded under the Bush administration through the passing of the Homeland Security Act by Congress and was made an official Cabinet-level department on March 1, 2003. This was all set in motion by a terrorist attack on American soil on September 11, 2001 organized by the Islamic terrorist group known as al-Qaeda, when two planes, American Airlines Flight 11 and United Airlines Flight 175 flew into the North and South Towers of the World Trade Center in Lower Manhattan, New York City. A third plane crashed into the Pentagon, American Airlines Flight 77, in Arlington County, Virginia and the fourth plane …show more content…
Tis ideology is incorrect because if that was true then their would be no such thing as privacy. The intelligence agencies collects data on every person, creating a pattern of life. Looking through webcams, the websites you visit, the people you call, all data stored for this pattern of life. They say its to pervent terroist attacks and is all under the law. “The NSA say it needs all this data to help prevent another terrorist attack like 9/11. In order to find the needle in the haystack, they argue, they need access to the whole haystack.”(Ewen Macaskill and Gabriel Dance,TheGuardian) But is that truly necessary? Many might say so that it is because it not only creates jobs and keeps us safe but