Government Surveillance Pros And Cons

American government surveillance is the monitoring of a person or group, more often a suspect or criminal, by the American government or American security agencies. Government surveillance has always been a part of our society, but has increased drastically due to the uprise in terrorist attacks and public violence. Due to government surveillance and U.S. database intruders, innocent American citizens are being deprived of their privacy. Therefore, mass surveillance should be limited and not exceed the boundaries of the basic rights of American citizens.
Government surveillance can be broken down into three types; communication surveillance, transaction surveillance, and physical surveillance (Slobogin 3). The most widely focused on is physical
Communication surveillance is the collection of information that's been communicated through various networks or devices, such as calling, texting, voice messages, and e-mails. A former FBI agent, Tim Clemente, reported on May 1st, 2013, that the government exclusively collects and preserves a bulk of domestic communications made within citizens everyday. The National Security Agency or NSA is one of many government agencies that have the authority to collect such information and store it in their databases. The NSA collects over 1.7 billion telephone calls and e-mails on a daily basis. This information is usually used to back up investigations or be held against someone or used in court.
The third type of government surveillance is transaction surveillance. Transaction surveillance is the monitoring of trade and financial transactions. If the FBI or other people of governmental authority track suspicious financial activity, such as drawing a large amount of money out of a bank account without reason, law enforcement agents have the power to investigate this activity and target whom they wish. Transaction surveillance is widely used to track and target individuals in America that have connections with possible terrorist