Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

USA Patriot Act And The Effect On American Society Today The United States of America took a devastating blow on September 11, 2001, when the many parts of the country were under attack such as New York City and Washington D.C. The United States took immediate action to prevent further attacks and protecting their citizens by enacting the U.S. Patriot Act. Despite the attacks on American soil, the resilience demonstrated by the American people that day was remarkable. The U.S. Patriot Act has…

This form of terrorism involves violent acts committed by self-radicalized individuals to bring about political, religious, environmental, or social change. One lone wolf type that is growing in the United States is the homegrown jihadist. A jihadist is described as a radicalized individual using…

congress quickly threw out our fourth amendment rights by passing the USA PATRIOT Act. In order to combat the rise of terrorism and to keep up with the advancement of technology, the National Security Agency was expanded to be able to spy on most forms of electronic communication, including phone calls, text messages, and emails, domestically by the 2001 Patriot Act. Despite what the name implies, the Patriot Act is a blatant violation of our constitutional right hidden under the veil of…

to search, seizures, and surveillance by police, corrections, private citizens, and security personnel. This paper will also compare the laws relating to the use of force by police, corrections,…

to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001 (USA PATRIOT Act), and congress quickly passed the law with virtually no debate or opposition. The 9/11 crisis united the country in the desire to try to prevent future terrorist attacks, and the Patriot’s Act’s supporters claimed that its provisions were necessary to give the nation’s police and intelligence officials the power to collect information about potential terrorists living in the country. The Patriot Act, however, soon became very…

NSA’s Mass Surveillance. Is it worth it? NSA’s Mass Surveillance. Is it worth it?. - 1 Annotated Bibliography Barnhizer, D. (2013) ‘Through a PRISM Darkly: Surveillance and Speech Suppression in the “Post-Democracy Electronic State”’, SSRN Electronic Journal. doi: 10.2139/ssrn.2328744. Main argument The author argues that because the government is in a panic, and looking for a quick solution, it is trying to put forth several practices and laws swiftly without assessing the risks involved and…

An answer as to why the US Declaration of Independence is simple. It held the principle that a foreign power could no longer rule the Colonies from a far away land, that the British crown could no longer exercise illogical powers over the Colonies. In a more governmental perspective, the Constitution is a document that has been far more altered. Both major political parties in the US serve the Declaration to the best of their abilities. The Democratic and Republican parties have both tried to…

websites. He then put together a two-page implementation plan and presented it to Maureen Baginski, Signals Intelligence Director, at the same time he was aware of rumors that the NSA had turned its surveillance onto the United States, directly through Stellar Wind. In return, Drake turned his attention to Baginski, stating that “we are in abject violation of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), which means we're in violation of the Fourth Amendment, which means we're in violation…

The 2001 Patriot Act has been apart of everyday life for Americans, whether in the form of TSA at an airport or the NSA, and many find this act to be unconstitutional. Article I. What the Patriot act is. The Patriot act was a law signed in by congress after the September 11th terrorist attacks. The main purpose of the act is to prevent another catastrophic terrorist attack like 9/11. How the Patriot act goes about preventing that is another question. The act is found to be unconstitutional to…

portrays the modern world we live in today. Our Privacy Rights are being infringed because of Governmental intrusion, the Patriot Act and/or, the NSA(and other homogeneous organizations). "The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, otherwise known as the USA PATRIOT Act or just the Patriot Act, was…