Pros And Cons Of The National Security Agency

Imagine that you found out, after years of oblivion, that your phone calls, every day, were being monitored by a government organization. You would probably feel as though you had been invaded, you would feel like your privacy had been taken away, and you would wonder what you had done wrong. What laws had you broken to be investigated in such an invasional way? You would not think you had anything to hide, but you would still feel uncomfortable. But then imagine that you find out that you did nothing wrong, and you were not the only one being invaded. No, you were one of millions of Americans who were having their phone conversations monitored by the National Security Agency (Associated Press)(McCullagh).
The National Security Agency (NSA) is a government organization that collects intelligence and data for the United States, often for counterterrorism purposes. The agency is a branch of the U.S. Department of Defense. Throughout the course of past decade, the NSA has been engaging, during both the Bush and Obama Administrations, in an activity …show more content…
Federal District Court Judge Richard J. Leon stated in December of 2013 that it is in violation of the Fourth Amendment, and therefore unconstitutional, to be tapping into the phones of millions of Americans (Dinan). “I cannot imagine a more ‘indiscriminate’ and ‘arbitrary invasion’ than this systematic and high-tech collection and retention of personal data on virtually every single citizen. Surely, such a program infringes on ‘that degree of privacy’ that the Founders enshrined in the Fourth Amendment,” said Judge Leon (Dinan). Leon is a conservative judge, but this statement has been backed by many lawmakers and prominent figures in government with different political associations, including Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, who is an Independent