As explained above, the right to privacy is a universally recognized right. NSA surveillance, collection of personal details may be going against the conventional grain of fundamental human rights and freedoms. The recent court rulings on the issue have not quite settled on a single premise. Two rulings of two courts in America have actually arrived at two different decisions citing two distinct reasoning. In Clayman vs Obama, Judge Richard echoed that surveillance and collection of telephony data by NSA without the knowledge of the general public was against the spirit of the constitution of America.
One positive way is that national security was mandated to protect the people and their civil liberties. National security is protecting the right to be free of will. One of the negative aspects of civil liberty and national security crossing paths is that the privacy level that was guaranteed by the government may be disbanded. Privacy is a right and a privilege. As long as there are threats in the world against the American people, privacy will be limited.
On the other hand, NSA Spying is actually very helpful when it comes to attacks that can harm us as a country. The NSA spies on potential people who are capable of committing terrorist or domestic terrorist attacks upon the U.S. This spying has helped us terminate terrorist attacks before they occur, attacks that could be put on the same scale of destruction as 9/11. The NSA is a very helpful government organization that has help fight the war on terror and extremist. NSA Spying should not be allowed because we as Americans have the right to privacy.
These include our air, land and sea borders. By securing our borders will keep help keep illegals and illegal good from crossing into the United States. Safeguarding imports and exports is in important part of the American economy. The United States imports and exports are easy targets for a terrorist attack. Finding where people are being smuggled into the United States is very important.
One of the many horrors that this act allows is the legality of the law enforcement to acquire and view e-mails sent via the World Wide Web as well as phone numbers that you have dialed without first informing you or without obtaining a court order. This essentially violates the fourth amendment right to privacy of the person and possessions against unreasonable searches. The act was passed as a measure to combat terror but the powers that it gives to the government are too vast. The definition of an act of “domestic terrorism” according to the USA PATRIOT act is any activities that “involve acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States or of any State (Uniting and Strengthening, 2001)”. With a definition so broadly defined any citizen in this country suspected of murder could be deemed a terrorist and according to the PATRIOT act, terrorists do not have to receive a fair
We see this issue arising with the introduction of the Patriot Act after 9/11. Much debate has occurred concerning the issues of privacy related to the Patriot Act. Unlike the privacy issue in the book, everyone is monitored; where as the Patriot Act allows law enforcement to spy on an individual that might be a threat to national security. The second issue is that of government interaction. The
National security has demanded a closer guard on foreign and domestic threats by placing further investigation and laws that many say weaken the rights to privacy we Americans take for granted. The price that
By doing this the government is invading the citizens privacy. Not only does everyone in America have the right to privacy but every human being that is a citizen to any country in the United Nations. The NSA say that this program is strictly for finding terrorists and preventing any future terrorism attack it still bothers many people that nothing is private. The only reason that the NSA can perform these actions is because they are a government supported program. The privacy of millions of people can be violated because the government believes its right.
The author then informs the reader that cell companies and the government are not eager to speak of their tracking capabilities. Allen uses a quote from EFF Staff attorney Kevin Bankston saying there is worry that information about the users is being given without a court order. The article is wrapped up by stating the importance of having probable cause to obtain cell phone tracking information, and that this has probably been violated for several
This website would release their private information that citizens never even knew about. Although it allows us to know what our government is doing, he questions if this new technology will “be a form of tyranny or will it free us from tyranny?”(32) In other words, singer questions if this website will strengthen our nation and democracy. He goes on by discussing the things people keep private and how they are constantly changing. New information is continuously coming about and changing, which people need to know about. Privacy is the state or condition of being free from observation and disturbance from other people.