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    thing. Countless organizations of crime and terrorism roam the online world with a sense of anonymity and the resources to mass spread their ideologies across the world. This has led to the creation of governmental organizations such as the National Security Agency (NSA) that hold the main goal of trying to prevent terrorist and crime organizations from carrying out evil and violent attacks on the people of the United States and the world. On a platform like the internet, it is very hard to…

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    private. Privacy is something that is very important and something that everyone has in common, but in the past few years that privacy barrier has been broken multiple times and the freedom of keeping secrets has been taken away. The National Security Agency (NSA) is an agency that hopes to protect the U.S. secrets, and outwit their opponents in data superhighway, while at the same time protect the privacy rights of the American people (“What We Do”). The NSA is supposed to help the American…

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    In today’s society some people feel that our First Amendment is being violated by the National Security Agency. Some even question what even is the purpose of the NSA and why our government needs it. The National Security Agency was established November 4, 1952 during President Harry Truman’s term. The main purpose of the NSA back then was to crack codes during World War two. Playing a big role during that time for the success of guarding off U-Boats in the North Atlantic and getting the upper…

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    The National Security Agency (NSA) has collected and analyzed the contents of emails, text messages, and mobile and landline telephone calls from nine Americans for every one foreign person it has targeted. Their main mission is “preventing foreign adversaries from gaining access to sensitive or classified national security information.”(https://www.nsa.gov/about/mission/) To simplify, the initial mission was to keep America safe from the foreign. They’re responsible for the protection of U.S.…

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    The National Security Agency Pros and Cons What if there was someone who looked at every telephone call in America and could help find and kill terrorists just by tapping into computers, telephones, and other technologies? Before World War 2 we as Americans would probably think of this as just another rumor. Today this has come true. The NSA or formally known as the National Security Agency has become one of the most controversial topics in the USA and other countries like England. What is the…

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    is a national security and intelligence reporter for McClatchy Newspapers, based in Washington, DC. The National Security Agency (NSA) is turning down requests from individuals who want to find out whether the agency is holding records of their telephone communications. Simply answering yes or no, the NSA argues, is classified information that would jeopardize the effectiveness of its data-collection program. That means that innocent people whose communications data may be held by the agency…

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    It is widely debated, as a resident of the United States of America, whether or not it is socially beneficial or even acceptable in any way for the federal government as the National Security Agency otherwise known as the NSA to delve into information that is personal to you for the protection and well-being of the country.(NSA, 2015) Charlie Savage, an author and Washington correspondent for the New York Times, highlight the fact that the NSA is capable of reading SMS (Short Message Service)…

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    The Importance Of The National Security Agency

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    There are street cameras everywhere, watching the sidewalks, the cars on the road, and appear at every entrance and exit on public property. We are constantly being observed no matter where go, which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. With the recent terrorists’ attacks and threats, our society should feel protected by the cameras, knowing that if someone attempts to create chaos, it’ll be easier to capture them if they are caught on video. Even though this is form of protection, the government has…

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    As time has gone on life and technology have become extremely advanced and with many advancements of course comes many security risk in life whether it be in person or over the Internet. Over the years technology has changed drastically making it easier for us to get daily task done and to also protect and watch the ones we love from a far distance or close. Technology has made our lives easier day to day and made our lives safer. With technology we are able to keep track of certain things like…

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    For the longest of time we have been under constant watch under the government. Ever since 9/11, The NSA, the National Security Agency, increased its domestic surveillance in the United States to protect from foreign invaders and inside threats. But let’s be honest, have any of us really benefited from this increase of our invasion of privacy? I mean for all we know the government is just being nosey and is trying to find someone to blame all their problems on. Why spend all this money on…

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