NSC-68 and Patriot Act are the most debated constitutional amendments in the history of United States of America. NSC-68 was a top secret policy paper that was proposed by US’ National Security Council that was presented to President Truman in April 1950. To date the NSC-68 is considered to one of the most important statement of American policy in the Cold War. The Patriot Act is the United State law that was enacted in response to September 11, terrorist attacks that provided law-enforcement officers with a greater ability to tap information from people by different means such as taping telephones, track among other ways. It was signed into law in October 26, 2001 by President George W. Bush. Many questions have been asked whether
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The act was primarily meant to prevent an occurrence of another World war (Truman Library). After the September 11 terrorist attacks that took hundreds of lives and destroyed properties worth millions the State needed Laws that could create room for preventive measures. The law gave security officers powers to record telephone conversation and the primary goal was to prevent the future occurrence of such attacks. The fact the law offered appropriate tools necessary for intercepting and obstructing terrorism in the US and the world at large (Fin CEN). As much as the United States meant to achieve global recognition through the enactment of the Patriot Act, the primary goal was to prevent the September 11 incident from re-happening. The laws were enacted during two different historical times whereby the NSC-68 was enacted during the Cold War to make a statement to the Soviet Union that they were ready to protect their territories and the world at large from another world. On the other hand, Patriot Act came during the time that terrorism had taken different turn. The historical significance of this two laws is that they events that lead to their enactment had dominated the international politics and there was no way the US could keep quite especially because they directly affected its economy
The act was primarily meant to prevent an occurrence of another World war (Truman Library). After the September 11 terrorist attacks that took hundreds of lives and destroyed properties worth millions the State needed Laws that could create room for preventive measures. The law gave security officers powers to record telephone conversation and the primary goal was to prevent the future occurrence of such attacks. The fact the law offered appropriate tools necessary for intercepting and obstructing terrorism in the US and the world at large (Fin CEN). As much as the United States meant to achieve global recognition through the enactment of the Patriot Act, the primary goal was to prevent the September 11 incident from re-happening. The laws were enacted during two different historical times whereby the NSC-68 was enacted during the Cold War to make a statement to the Soviet Union that they were ready to protect their territories and the world at large from another world. On the other hand, Patriot Act came during the time that terrorism had taken different turn. The historical significance of this two laws is that they events that lead to their enactment had dominated the international politics and there was no way the US could keep quite especially because they directly affected its economy