Socialist Party USA

In the wake of the September eleven terrorist attacks, 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…

of both CSIS and the politics with regard to potential acts of terrorism. The Bill’s passage was remarkably controversial, supported only by the Canadian Progressive Conservative Party and the Liberal Party (who only supported the Bill with an aim to amend it). Indeed, it was so contentious that the New Democratic Party initiated a filibuster in an attempt to defeat it. Bill C-51 has been criticised by numerous agencies and…

which they had turned down multiple times before. His administration did this by implying that any members who wouldn’t participate in the signing of the act would be blamed for any further attacks in relation to terrorism ("Surveillance Under the USA/PATRIOT Act" 2). The predicament that the administration put these authoritative people in shows how the lengths they would take to pursue the signing of the Patriot Act. Not only were the Senate, Congress and House of Representatives manipulated…

The Patriot Act was instated in 2002 after the tragic 9/11 event. Times have changed and so have the objectives of the Patriot Act. The government should not have the power of surveillance because it is not being used as intended and gives the US a bad reputation. The government should not have the power of surveillance because it is not being used as intended. As a result of 9/11, the government understandably was committed to keeping Americans safe at any cost. Setting overly protective…

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…

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…

I never quite understood the importance of privacy or political correctness as a child. The quick-witted banter that I had developed between friends really had no filter. I could say what I wanted, and how I wanted to say it without fear of ramifications, and my friends did the same. They were just words to us; they had little meaning, and if a conflict did erupt, it quickly fizzled out. However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my…

Posting on Facebook, everyone expects only their friends to see what they have written. Surprise, they are not the only people seeing that post. That text that was sent to your boyfriend about how much you love him? He wasn’t the only one who saw it. The call from you to Goal Post Pizza? Someone else knows how much you love their meat lover’s pizza. Some people believe the National Surveillance Agency, or NSA, is invading their personal space. I believe the NSA is only doing this to keep…

they cannot trust their government. We have the Patriot Act because on September 11, 2001 the United States was brutally attacked in a very violent way. Almost 3,000 Americans lost their live in only a few short hours. Congress decided to pass the USA PATRIOT Act. This act broadens what we consider to be terrorism, made the sentences for…

Americans treasure their freedom. We all enjoy our personal, social and political freedom to a degree. So it is ironic and even tragic that we are willing, able to give up our freedom in pursuit of the value security. More often than we like to think we needlessly sacrifice freedom for security. “If it is in our power to prevent something bad from happening, without thereby sacrificing anything of comparable moral importance, we ought, morally, to do it”(Singer 1972, 300-304). It requires a…