Privacy or National Security The Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution protects our right of privacy and the right to be free from unreasonable searches and seizures. But to what extent? I believe that these rights may be bent depending on the situation that is occurring. If the situation is involving national security, then I do agree these rights should be put on pause for the moment. I feel that national security is more important than privacy to an extent. I feel that desperate times call for desperate measures. There have been too many incidents, and I say incidents, because it could have been avoided, when a terrorist enters this country and harms millions of people. Also our borders are allowing millions of illegal,
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The TSA tends to violate the privacy of U.S Citizens and everyone who visits the United States because the safety of everyone’s life is at stake. This is where national security comes to mind. Before the tragedy of September 11 2001, the United States was limited to checking as they do in today’s day. After 9/11 “the government and international organizations had to develop strategies to reduce the risk of such attacks (George 2007).” Even if it meant to violate its citizen right to privacy because it was for their own good. Some of the strategies the government designed was friskier searches in airports also more modern technology available to be able to detect any metal or bombs or anything unusual. Nowadays when you pass by the scanning machine at the airport they can literally see everything on your body. People sometimes feel like their privacy is being violated at this point but its involving national security and they must do it and their right to privacy is paused. “Aviation tends to be more vulnerable to terrorists because flight times are scheduled, destinations are chosen months in advance. Also a successful attack guarantees maximum publicity. Any attack results in severe economic consequences, huge loss of life, prestige and compensation (European Commission, …show more content…
In other words, they are looking for evidence of large, high-profile threats to national homeland security. The average American’s talking, texting, and internet posting won’t raise any red flags so it is likely to go by unnoticed. Furthermore, the NSA is probably not spying on you, even though they can which means your privacy is private until you do something really suspicious and raises
The TSA tends to violate the privacy of U.S Citizens and everyone who visits the United States because the safety of everyone’s life is at stake. This is where national security comes to mind. Before the tragedy of September 11 2001, the United States was limited to checking as they do in today’s day. After 9/11 “the government and international organizations had to develop strategies to reduce the risk of such attacks (George 2007).” Even if it meant to violate its citizen right to privacy because it was for their own good. Some of the strategies the government designed was friskier searches in airports also more modern technology available to be able to detect any metal or bombs or anything unusual. Nowadays when you pass by the scanning machine at the airport they can literally see everything on your body. People sometimes feel like their privacy is being violated at this point but its involving national security and they must do it and their right to privacy is paused. “Aviation tends to be more vulnerable to terrorists because flight times are scheduled, destinations are chosen months in advance. Also a successful attack guarantees maximum publicity. Any attack results in severe economic consequences, huge loss of life, prestige and compensation (European Commission, …show more content…
In other words, they are looking for evidence of large, high-profile threats to national homeland security. The average American’s talking, texting, and internet posting won’t raise any red flags so it is likely to go by unnoticed. Furthermore, the NSA is probably not spying on you, even though they can which means your privacy is private until you do something really suspicious and raises