The DHS is so determined to protect society from terrorism that ultimately they destroy the freedom that they are striving to protect. The terrorist attacks create panic among the citizens of the United States and the DHS cracks down on these terrorists. They become determined to the extreme where they start doubting everyone in the city, even the people who know nothing or are very much innocent. This is what happens when the DHS starts tracking everyone’s BART passes, believing somehow they will be able to catch the terrorists if there are any anomalies in the daily routes of the card carrier. When Marcus is held by the SFPD officers helping the DHS and asks if they track everyone with a funny ride history, the police officer replies, “we get an alert when anyone with an uncommon ride profile comes out and that helps us assess whether we want to investigate” (Doctorow 106).
All of these visual features combine to show us how powerful the government is: how the government can track people at will and create the kind of intense fear that Zavitts feels when he’s being chased. We want him to escape but we know that the N.S.A has huge power. Therefore, Scott helps us to feel the fears of losing our privacy to too much surveillance. Music and dialogue also contribute to the idea that too much surveillance threatens personal privacy. During the chase scene, kettle drums beat quickly as Zavitts runs, intensifying the feelings of fear during the chase.
‘War on terror’ essay On September 11th, the infamous terrorist organisation known as Al Qaeda committed an act of war against America. George Bush’s ‘war on terror’ speech declared war against all terrorist group committees with utter anger and disparagement. To illustrate this, George Bush has strongly depicted Al Qaeda as iniquitous freedom haters, meanwhile, the Americans as victims of war. Bush then presents his own solution describing it as the only method that best helps not only American citizens, but the world’s nations as well. In George Bush’s ‘war on terror’ speech, George Bush has strongly depicted Al Qaeda as iniquitous freedom haters.
Our country is under constant threat by terrorists and crime organizations, and our government is using communications technology to help combat them. But just how closely can the government monitor you? The movie Eagle Eye presents a world where this power has gotten out of control and backfired on society. In the movie, a top secret supercomputer known as ARIIA (Autonomous Reconnaissance Intelligence Integration Analyst), uses a network of cameras to aid the government in detecting possible terror threats and violence beforehand (Tuynman par. 1).
History and Purpose of Suicide Terrorism: Anthropology 1AB3 In the modern world, the intricate fear of terrorism is present on a global scale, and is especially amplified in the Western world. Terrorism, as defined by the U.S. Congress is “a violent act, appearing to be intended to intimidate or coerce a population, and to affect the conduct of a government”(Atran 2003:1534). A rather recent facet of terrorism has been proven effective in instilling fear in the hearts of many people around the world, and that is suicide terrorism. An extreme form of terrorism, suicide bombers, or “freedom fighters” as their terrorist cells depict them as give their own lives to fulfill the motivations of “humiliation, revenge and altruism” that are catechized into their minds in the destruction of a target (Hassan 2009: 2). Suicide terrorism, as defined by American-French anthropologist Scott Atran is the “targeted use of self-destructing humans against noncombatant civilian populations to effect political change”(Atran 2003: 1534).
He uses satire in his film to raise issues pertaining to the control of guns in America and find out the reasons why there is so much violence in America. He does this by exploring the American culture and history of violence, the unjustified white fear of blacks and the lack of justification for gun ownership. Moore believes that America has been responsible for a large number of wars and violent incidents around the world, culminating in the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Centre on September 11, 2001. He uses the What a Wonderful World montage to prove that Americans do not use weapons in self-defence, as some would argue, but use weapons aggressively. Just before the sequence of revealing images, Moore is shown conducting an interview with Evan McCollum, Director of Communications at a Lockheed Martin plant near Columbine, who says, “But we have to learn to deal with that annoyance or that anger or that frustration in appropriate ways.
The book 1984 by George Orwell is one of the most powerful warnings ever issued against the dangers of a totalitarian society. It illustrates the worst human society imaginable, in an effort to convince readers to avoid any path that might lead toward such societal degradation. In his book, Orwell talked about the invasion of government into our lives, the effect that it would be on our freedom and the repercussions in everyday life. He describes a world beyond our imagination. Now it is being said the Fourth Amendment’s promise of protection from government invasion of privacy is in danger of being replaced by the futuristic surveillance state Orwell described (Liptak, 2011).” By the same token, does 1984 present a startling and haunting vision of the world today?
Shady Morgan New York Institute of Technology FCWR151 3/7/13 Cyber security of technological devices In today’s modern age, technology has kick dogs out of their place as man’s best friend. Everyone has some form of a computer either always with them or readily available to them. However, with our large dependence on technology comes the larger threat of security compromises. Identity theft, data theft, hacking, and pirating are some of the most common crimes committed over the Internet. Some hackers may use their power for the betterment of society, but the large majority uses their abilities to cause crimes.
Rachel Burkey Mr. Arthur Honors American History II 17 February 2014 Is Terrorism Preventable? Terrorism is defined as “deliberate use of random violence, especially against civilians, to achieve political goals.” Terrorism has been a tactic for religious and nonreligious groups for thousands of years. This strategy involves the idea that the most effective and direct way to affect someone is to affect what they care about. Safety is a necessity of humans and terrorists target that need. This is why terrorism is unpreventable and unable to be alleviated.
In this era where the ability to spy and store public information through the rise of the internet defines the United States’ government power, three men are opposing this and transferring the power into the hands of the people. Through the leaking of classified information and government secrets into the public domain, Julian Assange, Bradley Manning and Edward Snowden have managed to compromise the power of the United States (USA) government and empower the global populace. American author and activist, Alice Walker, once declared that, “the most common way people give up their power is by thinking they don’t have any”. Governments such as the US have long concealed documents, secrets and ultimately knowledge from the public, leaving citizens feeling powerless. Through the leaking of such information, whistle-blowers are standing up and empowering the people in realising the power potential of the masses.