USA PATRIOT Act

Since then, the agency has expanded in power and size, due to further technological innovation, and the passing of the USA PATRIOT Act, granting them increased surveillance capabilities in order to defend the American people against the growing threat of terrorism. In order to collect cellular and internet metadata, the NSA has built intercept stations in buildings owned by major…

against civilians, legitimate act of war? Yes, however it’s a poor and awful way of carrying out a vicious and malicious act against innocent people. One native might punch another, and not confer a demonstration of war. War is for the most part accepted to be a proclaimed hostile between two countries, as when the United States announced war against the Axis powers Japan, Germany and Italy on December 8, 1941. Were deliberate attacks on civilians during the Second World War act of terrorism?…

After the event of 9/11 it catalyzed a nation wide awareness of national security. In the face of this devastation, a conversation began regarding the national security at the expense of privacy. As the years progressed this world of data mining and collection began to grow and extend beyond itself. With the fear of terrorism engrained into political topic, the encroachment of privacy became a concern for an average American. This world of interconnected compilation of information became a vast…

dramatic and horrible acts committed on September 11, 2001, the world was in shock. The magnitude of the terrorist attacks were nothing to be overlooked. The United States knew they had to find a way to keep the people calm and in a safe place. Forty-five days after the terrorist attacks on the nation, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, acronym for the “ Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act. The acts primitive…

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…

There are many current public policy issues that are surrounding the U.S today. To name a few that I believe are most important; Abortion, Gun Control, Immigration, Counter Terrorism, the Patriot Act, Homeland Security, Civil liberties, Civil Rights, and Privacy. I would like to discuss the Patriot Act because I feel that it is a topic of much debate and one that I am extremely, extremely familiar with. It also affects the last three public policy issues I mentioned and in a sense covers them. I…

his song, Courtesy of the Red, White, and Blue, “Now this nation I love has fallen under attack/It will feel like the whole wide-world is raining down on you, brought to you Courtesy of the Red, White Blue/You will be sorry that you messed with the USA” (Spotify). When this unthinkable attack happened, we saw bravery through the selfless service of our commander in chief, our U.S. Military and the first responders. Our 43rd President, George W. Bush became a wartime president on the day of…

government issued 192, 499 National Security Letters (NSLs) which led to only one terror related conviction. Under the Patriot Act, NSLs are issued by FBI agent without a judge’s approval, to obtain personal information, including phone records, computer records, credit history and banking history (“Surveillance Under The” Par. 2). The conviction would have occurred even without the Patriot Act. Between 2003 and 2005 the government made 53 reported criminal referrals to prosecutors as a result…

This study discusses Section 702 of Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), formally known as “Procedures for Targeting Certain Persons Outside the United States Other than United States Persons” (codified as 50 U.S.C. § 1881a). Section 702 authorizes the National Security Agency (NSA) to target non-U.S. persons who are reasonably believed to be located outside the United States. President Jimmy Carter signed FISA into law in 1978, which established a judicially-approved process for…

terrorist behind bars. The Patriot Act gives this power to the NSA and repealing the Patriot act would be detrimental to US safety and security because it would takeaway the government’s power to track these dangerous individuals. Opponents to the…