THE FOREIGN INTELLIGENCE SURVEILLANCE ACT: ANALYSIS‚ PROS AND CONS INTRODUCTION The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an Act of Congress passed in 1978 and signed by the then President Jimmy Carter. The Act stipulates the procedures to be followed when obtaining intelligence from foreign powers and agents of foreign powers both physically and electronically. The Act has been amended severally. In 2001‚ it was amended to involve groups and terrorist organizations not supported by foreign
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give up a little liberty to gain a little security will deserve neither and lose both. “(Benjamin Franklin) Government Surveillance According to Article IV of the Constitution of the United States‚ The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated. (Declaration 83) Surveillance is presenting numerous challenges to our right to privacy. The National Security Agency or NSA is amassing private information
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Government Surveillance Imagine a world where your every move was being monitored. A dark world where it is no secret who you are‚ where you have been and who you associate with; now include who you love‚ who you pray to and what you just ate for dinner. The word privacy doesn’t exist in such world and it is such world that we are heading to.“Big Brother is watching you!” This quote by George Orwell couldn’t have been truer. Every aspect of our lives is being sorted through as Big Data this very
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analyst and contractor with Booz Allen Hamilton‚ copied and leaked hundreds of documents from the NSA‚ revealing its cooperation with various other countries to establish 100% surveillance across the globe. This secret alliance was known as the “Five Eyes.” Using a secret court known as a FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) court‚ the Five Eyes can obtain warrants to view every crevasse of somebody’s digital footprint‚ without probable cause. This discovery sparked a barrage of empty promises
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Resolution------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. Contentions----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Contention 1: NSA domestic surveillance stops terrorism. Impacts a. As a result of globalization and the information revolution‚ the trend of terrorism in the 21st century is towards mega-terrorism
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Amendments Act of 2008 (FAA) currently up for reauthorization in Congress is an excellent example of another implementation of this debate. Some members of Congress argue that the bill does not do enough to protect privacy however‚ when looking over the provisions and history of the FAA there should be no debate about its ability to effectively gather valuable information while appropriately respecting privacy interests. The FAA should be reauthorized because it helps to collect valuable intelligence regarding
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Snowden as a hero‚ loyal to democracy and exposing the evils of big government (“Securing Our Libery” 5). Other people label him as a traitor‚ endangering the lives of United States citizens and soldiers‚ since the enemy now knows more about our intelligence system (Walsh 11). It is worth mentioning though‚ that even though Snowden says that he did everything to protect democracy in the nation he loves‚ he has chosen to take refuge in Hong Kong and Russia‚ countries that aren’t exactly known for their
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The NSA had initiated an unconstitutional mass surveillance of American’s communications‚ domestic and abroad. The most frightening fact is that the public never knew this was happening before the Edward Snowden leaks. In 2008‚ President Bush signed the FISA Amendment Act into law. This act greatly expanded the NSA’s authority to monitor electronic communications of American citizens. Proponents of the NSA argue that
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Agency (NSA) and its undisclosed surveillance of communications of American citizens under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). The information was leaked by Eduard Snowden‚ a former NSA agent and was published by a British newspaper‚ The Guardian. The Guardian revealed the NSA’s surveillance operations which included the archiving and tracking of vast amounts of data regarding use of electronic devices of U.S. citizens U.S. citizens and any foreign communications. The data revealed
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1 PUBLIC FORUM DEBATE RESEARCH SERIES VOL. 5 NOVEMBER 2013 NO. 2 RESOLVED: THE BENEFITS OF DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE BY THE NSA OUTWEIGH THE HARMS. The choice of this topic was undoubtedly influenced by the international controversy surrounding the disclosures by former NSA contractor‚ Edward Snowden. Snowden‚ a 29-year-old high school dropout‚ was a contract worker at Booz Allen Hamilton – a company hired to provide security for the databases used by the federal government’s National
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