USA PATRIOT Act

portrays the modern world we live in today. Our Privacy Rights are being infringed because of Governmental intrusion, the Patriot Act and/or, the NSA(and other homogeneous organizations). "The Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001, otherwise known as the USA PATRIOT Act or just the Patriot Act, was…

When many think of the NSA’s data collection programs, the first thought is of whistleblower Edward Snowden, who leaked classified American documents in 2013. These documents revealed to Americans the ways the NSA collected their information for investigation. The agency was found wrongfully collecting information from other countries such as China to investigate previous attacks on the U.S. Department of Defense (Cate 31). Domestically, one of the biggest things Americans learned about was…

However, the world changes, culture changes, ideas change, and with that so do freedoms. This is how my perception of the U.S. government’s drastic change from being a just to a somewhat tyrannical one, through world events such as the U.S.A. Patriot Act, iPhone release, and the Edward Snowden Leak. As I stated earlier, I never really gave much thought of…

ethics for NSPE, engineers must hold paramount the safety, health, and welfare of the public; Perform services only in areas of their competence; Issue public statements only in an objective and truthful manner; Act for each employer or client as faithful agents or trustees; Avoid deceptive acts; Conduct themselves honorably, responsibly, ethically, and lawfully so as to enhance the honor, reputation, and usefulness of the profession, “Code of Ethics…

discusses four key threats the national security state poses to American democracy, the first being secrecy, the second centralization, the third being repression and lastly distortion. We saw an increase in secrecy after 9/11 with the passage of the USA Patriot Act which many Americans were misled about until the whistleblower Edward Snowden came out and released all this information revealing that the NSA was collecting a lot more information than previously thought. We also saw it when the…

with an aim of exploiting the underlying US government policies or even to establish its future strategies illegally. The USA Patriot Act has seen FISA expand its strategies in exposition of foreign terrorist groups and combating them in good time. This has seen the US government win the war against terrorism and extremism. The Act has also see reduction of purported threats and acts of terrorism to national security. FISA is also mandated with collection of foreign intelligence which keeps the…

September 11, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, also known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. This act was created with the intention to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, and to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools (The United States Department of Treasury, n.d.). Due to this rapid implementation, many Americans believe that this Act was signed into law in…

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…

In 2008 the ACLU said a “Justice’s Office of the Inspector General revealed a systemic, widespread abuse of power. It found serious breaches of department regulations and multiple potential violations of the law relating to the USA patriot act.” They used the patriot act to obtain large amount of private information on…

Espionage Act of 1917 and added amendments to it in the Sedition Act of 1918. These prohibited interference with the war effort, with that legislation ended by the end of WW1, Palmer called for every state to enact its own version of the Sedition Act. In comparison, in response to the terrorist attack of September 2011, ***the United States passed the Homeland Security act which created the Department of Homeland Security. After this, a number of acts and orders were issued, including The USA…