USA PATRIOT Act

The Patriot Act: A Need For Change The United States Constitution states, “The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause” (Cornell University Law School). These are the rights given by the constitution. America is seen as the land of the free. It is a place where the government is by and for the people, where people’s rights shall be…

The Patriot Act is a government bill hastily passed after the days of the 911 terrorist attacks. In essence it is essentially an extension of a currently existing program called FISA, which allows for spying on other countries. This program costs a total of 64 billion dollars a year. And it also allows for government overreach in the form of civilian surveillance which is supposed to be prohibited by the 4th amendment (Costly 2). However the Patriot Act hasn't stopped any terrorist attacks…

The Anti-Terrorism Act, 2015, is an act of Canadian Parliament that is colloquially referred to as ‘Bill C-51’ or ‘the Bill’, and any mentions of such will, unless explicitly stated, refer to the Act as it was passed and not to the proposed Bill. Bill C-51’s aim is to increase intelligence sharing, and expand the powers 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…

“The Signals Intelligence mission collects, processes, and disseminates intelligence information from foreign signals for intelligence and counterintelligence purposes and to support military operations. This Agency also enables Network Warfare operations to defeat terrorists and their organizations at home and abroad, consistent with U.S. laws and the protection of privacy and civil liberties.” With the sharp incline in the number of terrorist attacks and cyberattacks, the government cannot…

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…

Some people believe that the government could stop drug dealers and terrorist attempts. However some people think it is a loss of privacy. The government spying on us is a good thing because it is a easier way of finding information about illegal acts that people make and be beneficial to solving cases before anything bad happens. The spying would keep a good eye on terrorist and gang related crimes. According to the NSA surveillance terrorist, offender and wrongdoer groups have been shut…

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…

crisis(9/11 Commission Report, 1). The law enforcement and intelligence agencies were actually restricted by law in the amount of information they could share with each other in order to honor the ‘civil liberties’ of the citizens (Friedman, 15). The Patriot Act which was passed in order to ‘preserve the life and liberty of citizens’ had many features concerning how terrorists could now be handled by the government. Now, increased surveillance was allowed and encouraged, assumed terrorists no…

been under fire recently for believing that they should be allowed access to our computers and if so should we be worried? Homeland Security is of the one of the many agencies created after 9/11 to protect the United States along with many bills, acts, and laws. The common misconception is that anyone in our government can hack the computers we own but that is not true. Homeland Security is most well known for increased measures after 9/11 but that does not include hacking. Homeland is in…

Post 9/11 Privacy Rights: The Case Against Electronic Surveillance In response to concerns about terrorism after the attacks on September 11,2001, the government of the United States enacted new guidelines for conducting surveillance on the public. This paper will discuss the implementation of electronic surveillance as a tool to combat terrorism and will make the case against sweeping electronic surveillance of American citizens and others in this country. Various examples of increased…