Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

Prior to the enactment of the Patriot Act, law enforcement and intelligence agencies immensely lacked the ability to share information. The effectiveness, improvement and development among the intelligence operations was initiated when all aspects of government were synchronized, positively impacting the scope and quality of our national security, leading to endless possibilities. The USA Patriot Act of 2001, significantly changed the fundamental framework for the federal law enforcement, which…

The Cost of Freedom As Americans continue to heavily rely on digital means of media and communication, surveillance over the population becomes easier than ever for the government to carry out. One of the main institutions created in the United States to gather intelligence is the National Security Agency (NSA). The NSA monitors the phone calls, emails, text messages, contacts, photos, video calls, and many other aspects of digital communication utilized in today’s world as a means to protect…

the U.S. on our soil and although the signs were there for the intelligence community to see, it was mistakenly not put together. Much of the attack stemmed from communications between terrorist or those connected and working with terrorist within our Country, and this was unacceptable. In order to defend against such communications, according to Lichtblau & Risen (2005), “Under a presidential order signed in 2002, the intelligence agency has monitored the international telephone calls and…

The Patriot Act issued a new era in electronic surveillance. Expanding the intelligence after the wake of the September 11th attacks. (Kevan, 2015). It specifically changed Section 215 which allowed the United States National Security to collect phone records in bulk. After this act was issued the list was expanded to include computer crimes, terrorist, and chemical weapons. (Hall, 2015). In conjunction with this there is no warrant required to retrieve voice-mail only an administrative…

us from crimes. Since 9/11, there have been acts added like the U.S Patriot Act, The Domestic Security Enhancement Act of 2003 and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. The U.S Patriot Act was enacted to help fight terrorism by the Bush Administration and had certain goals that were set to counteract terrorism. There has been some controversy of this act which does have some pros and cons. A few of the pros are, the ease of surveillance, which under this act made it easier and allows companies to…

the executive branch to act faster than the legislative branch to signify that the Framers implied there to be emergency powers, the courts will only support the use of emergency powers when Congress has given its consent (Emergency Powers). As such, President Bush’s legal team asserted that the President’s war powers to fight in what came to be known as the “War on…

attacks, President George Bush was able to push one of the most controversial acts through Congress. This act is called the U.S.A. P.A.T.R.I.O.T Act; which stands for “Uniting and Strengthening American by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism.” This act focused on giving “...federal officials greater authority to track and intercept communications, both for law enforcement and foreign intelligence-gathering purposes...” (Oliver, 2007, p. 68). Of course, a…

the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. Despite his impressive credentials,…

The USA Patriot Act is a ten letter acronym for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. This act was passed in the wake of the September 11th terrorist attacks on the world trade center. It was an act of congress that passed six weeks after on October 26, 2001. This was signed into law by George W. Bush. The Patriot Act was passed almost unanimously by the senate with a vote of 98 to 1 and it passed in the house 357 to 66…

Is Surveillance Considered Unconstitutional? We are always being watched. It has been proven that the government invades the privacy of every civilian inside the United States and civilians outside of the United States. The United States government tracks every single one of us without our permission. We did not consent to have every little detail of our life be tracked. Strangers are looking into our private lives without us even knowing. This country claims to be the land of the free but we…