When the NSA decided to take notice of private conversations through who was called and what type they were called was informative enough for officials to find out what was being talked about.A person working for the government can tell if you are a threat by figuring out if another person is a potential threat to the nation even if you are not an actual threat which could cause actual problems for that person being accused. Spying on American citizens is a violation of our freedom of expression while being under question if this is unconstitutional. After a long time of deliberation, Congress finally ruled the NSA spying on American citizens was illegal.The USA Patriot Act was designed to give law enforcement agencies more power to bring terrorists to justice after the terrorist attacks on September 11th, 2001. But, this act was very broad in what it was designed to allow enforcement agencies to do. Citizens of the United States have become more distrustful and uncomfortable towards the federal government in their ways of spying on the public. The citizens of America realized that federal officials were being very dishonest and that the officials feigned concern when they were caught. Even US Senators had the desire to change the Patriot Act to make it more effective while others didn’t want to change it or make it stronger. Sen. Bernie Sanders …show more content…
The federal government has had reasonable intentions, but has hurt more people than they actually helped. The general American family has had the determination to achieve their American Dream yet they are met with tribulations by their own government. The citizens have had to fight back against federal officials to be heard to achieve something to help them for once. Thankfully, the government has listened to the pleas of their people and taken action to help everyone in America. The nation has fought hard for their inalienable rights. All in all, the American federal officials have an extreme amount of work to do to help to achieve a perfect society that America may never