This act reduced the restrictions for U.S. agencies gathering information and intelligence within the United States. Many people argue that the government’s ability to spy on us whenever deemed necessary is a violation of their Civil Rights. This type of intelligence and the capabilities to monitor people however has been around for a while, it is known as the ECHELON program. “The NSA inherited the ECHELON program from AFSA. This global spy network, known as UK-USA, was a
Question: Do you think the spying procedures that the NSA performs should be different for Americans versus foreigners? In my opinion, the NSA should definitely perform different procedures when profiling Americans and foreigners. Spying efforts should be focused more on those from other countries, not the United States citizens. Although Americans may be just as capable of performing terrorist acts, it is difficult to work around the Constitution, and the United States’ biggest threats and attacks have been from other countries anyway. First of all, if the NSA were to pursue major invasions of privacy to American’s, they would be obstructing rights set forth by the Constitution.
The act also expands the definition of terrorism to include domestic terrorism, thus enlarging the number of activities to which the USA Patriot Act’s expanded law enforcement powers can be applied. Recent polls discovered that comparable uncertainty continues in the psyches of a segment of American society (ACLU,2008) .The problem that permeates the USA Patriot act deals with the infringements of ones civil liberties. A great deal of the debate over the Act stems from modifying to foreign intelligence surveillance law, National Security Letters; reports encourage interdictions and mandatory detention laws.
Speech 1 Free speech from the perspective of homeland security Survey of Homeland Security & Emergency Management May 21, 2012 Speech 2 Freedom of speech from the perspective of homeland security is an often debated topic today. People believe that their rights are being violated by current policies put in place by the Department of Homeland Security. Policies such as the Patriot Act that are put in place in order to help protect this country are constantly under scrutiny by the American people. In this paper I intent to prove that although freedom of speech is an important part of being an American it’s sometimes abused by the American public. People post things on the internet every day.
The data in motion and data at rest is typically transmitted or stored unencrypted. This data is very susceptible to compromise and exposure of government official information to unauthorized persons and intelligence gathering agencies, foreign and domestic. Obtaining critical or sensitive data could result in a nation security breach, and infect networks viruses, trogons, and information overload that may jeopardize essential communications. OMG Project Details Dr. Peter Olden contacted our company, KU Technology Group, and will be the primary stakeholder and project manager for this initiative, Table 1 provides the primary contact information for the OMG. 1.
Confidential Informants are told to do acts or buy thing that may be illegal, but they are doing it on behalf of the government (Zalman, M. (2011)). The third part is that there has to be a connection between the collected item of evidence and an unlawful act by the officer to get the evidence. The exclusionary rule is an important doctrine supporting the ideals of the Fourth Amendment of the United States Constitution. The Fourth Amendment gives the people protection under the criminal justice system from unreasonable searches and seizures. The amendment also explains how law enforcement should obtain information by search warrants based on probable cause.
The U.S. Government takes a lot of safety precautions to protect its property and people, but sometimes they go too far even as far as to invade the privacy of its citizens. In the new film Bourne Ultimatum many example of privacy invasion is demonstrated. Some of these examples of privacy invasion are acceptable under extreme circumstances, but others are not. In one scene the government’s agents received information that a British news reporter uncovered something about an operation called Black Briary, so they tried to track him down by looking up his record. They were able to find his personal information including his address, cell-phone numbers, and job location.
It would seem like this law was what led to cable being how it is today with several different channels to choose from and a variety of differences between different regions. The Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986 came about to restrict the government on wire taps from phone calls as well as computer data. Now that we are in year 2013 it is quite obvious to see why something like this law would be necessary considering the boom in technology and usage of internet. There is much debate about what kind of access the government should be allowed when spying on citizens and how ethical it is. Americans value their privacy in the highest regard.
Constitutionality of Free Speech vs. National Security Malinda Carroll ADJ 255 February 14, 2013 Kathy Sumbry-Wilkins What role does the Intelligence Identities Protection Act play in this matter? * Journalist has protection under rights of free speech and free press. But under the identities protection act anyone exposing crucial information can be prosecuted. A person in a covert position is placed there to collect vital information. Exposure can cause a series of consequences not only for those in the group but also others that this group has great dealing with.
Adjusting to Terrorism Stephanie Nelson CJA/454 Adjusting to Terrorism The United States government can put several procedures in place to reduce, but not eliminate terrorist attacks on the United States homeland. Unfortunately, terrorist have overcame all of the physical barriers the United States has put in place. However, the challenges America faces today on fighting terrorism are cost versus benefit and freedom versus security. A variety of proposals which could reduce terrorist plots against the United States would cause controversy among politicians and civil right activist. Most of the government’s intelligence information can be found on computer or in paper files.