National Security Letter

There are quite a few government and intelligence agencies including the National Security Agency (NSA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), and also state and local law enforcement agencies. With modern day technology becoming so advanced, agencies must find new ways to stay ahead and on top of the security for the nation. The National Security Agency’s mass surveillance has expanded in the years since September 11, 2001. Many people…

democratic persona the United States wished to represent. May, on the other hand, examines the hidden issue of overzealous security that still exists today, but directly links its inception to the Cold War…

Imagine what would it feel like if you were being watched all the time. If every purchase, every phone call, every google search and even every location was monitored. If every trace of private information you shared through the internet was accessible. What would you do if privacy disappeared? Well it has. We are currently living in a world that’s more connected than ever before. Information is just a few clicks or taps on a screen away. But this connection has allowed corporations all over the…

connection with the above.” (Lothian 1, NSA document) This agreement, known as the UKUSA Treaty, (afterward involving the Communications Security Establishment (CSE) of Canada, the Australian Defense Security Directorate (DSD), and the General Communications Security Bureau (GCSB) of New Zealand in 1948), would later become the ECHELON system, managed by the National Security Agency (NSA). This ECHELON system placed “intercept stations…

What the NSA does for Americans? The National Security Agency (NSA) is an intelligence organization of the united government, responsible for global monitoring, collection and processing of information and data for foreign intelligence and counterintelligence purposes. One of many duties that the NSA does is to track people and collecting billions of their records everyday. The kind of Data that the NSA collect is Website visits, Internet Searches, Phone calls, Skype calls, Emails, Text messages…

The two readings are focused on the same issue, that is, the surveillance systems that are being employed in the states in America in an effort to improve the security of the people or in a bid to make the people feel that they are safe. These surveillance systems are supposed to be used to detect suspicious individuals in the society and thus the law enforcement agencies can deal with such cases before crime is committed by suspects. The surveillance systems are growing and many are being…

recognized, Regan displayed: grievance of feeling underappreciated and underpaid, unreported visits to foreign countries outside of official duties; indicating a potential foreign connection. An additional indicator displayed Regan’s disregard for security procedures. He unmistakably took classified material without proper authorization and placed them in a non-secured storage and copied classified information from Department of Defense (DoD) computer systems without approval. Regan repeatedly…

for users than it would be a disadvantage, for since users are explicitly aware of their lack of privacy, they still use this as a way to be known, and to put forth the way they wish to be seen by their peers. In 1958, a physicist at the Brookhaven National Laboratory had invented the first ever video game (which was extremely similar to the game Pong that had been created about ten years later) of which, led the way for single-player, multiplayer, MMORPG’s and the various other types of games…

"“We The Students…” Essay What role should the government play in monitoring Internet content? There have been conspiracy theories for years about the government always watching us. This theory was proven by Edward Snowden (a former CIA employee) when he leaked information that the NSA was surveilling us. Some people see him as a traitor others see him as a hero. Snowden is a hero because the government has no right to invade our privacy. THESIS: The government should not play a role in…

When it comes to our national security, there are many threats. For instance, some may believe that biological weapons are the biggest threat, while others feel transnational crimes are. In my opinion, though, I believe that cyber-attacks are our biggest threat when it comes to national security. Cyber-crime, as well as cyber terrorism proceeds to be the most accelerated threat to citizens of the United States. Our digital foundation is so accessible when it comes to being attacked which is just…