Invasion of privacy
“Invasion Of Privacy”
Living in an era of increasing technology has made it much easier for a government to spy on its citizens. This paper seeks to examine why the United States government should not spy on its citizens with the use of the Patriot Act. Firstly, the United States citizens will believe that their liberties and freedoms are in jeopardy. Secondly, the government spends exorbitant amounts of money on a yearly basis to spy on its own people. Moreover, where is that money coming from? Lastly, the government risks social retaliation from its people in the forms of protests, lobbying, campaigns, and perhaps even violence When U.S. citizens feel their liberties and freedoms are being tested or at-risk of being lost, they will do what they can retain them.
“Since the September 11 attacks, the government has been engaging in extensive surveillance and data mining. Regarding surveillance, in December 2005, the New York Times revealed that after September 11, the Bush Administration secretly authorized the National Security Administration (NSA) to engage in warrantless wiretapping of American citizens’ telephone calls. As for data mining, which involves analyzing personal data for patterns of suspicious behavior, the government has begun numerous programs”. (Solove, Daniel J.). The Patriot Act increases the government's surveillance powers in four areas. This act expanded access to personal records held by third parties, more secret searches, the expansion of the intelligence exception in wiretap law, and expansion of the "pen register" exception in wiretap law (American Civil Liberties Union.) A pen register is a device that decodes or records electronic impulses, allowing outgoing numbers from a telephone to be identified. The use of pen registers is governed by a 1986 federal statute, Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices (18 U.S.C.A. §§ 3121–3127). The statute also governs the use of trap devices, which are used to identify the originating number
Living in an era of increasing technology has made it much easier for a government to spy on its citizens. This paper seeks to examine why the United States government should not spy on its citizens with the use of the Patriot Act. Firstly, the United States citizens will believe that their liberties and freedoms are in jeopardy. Secondly, the government spends exorbitant amounts of money on a yearly basis to spy on its own people. Moreover, where is that money coming from? Lastly, the government risks social retaliation from its people in the forms of protests, lobbying, campaigns, and perhaps even violence When U.S. citizens feel their liberties and freedoms are being tested or at-risk of being lost, they will do what they can retain them.
“Since the September 11 attacks, the government has been engaging in extensive surveillance and data mining. Regarding surveillance, in December 2005, the New York Times revealed that after September 11, the Bush Administration secretly authorized the National Security Administration (NSA) to engage in warrantless wiretapping of American citizens’ telephone calls. As for data mining, which involves analyzing personal data for patterns of suspicious behavior, the government has begun numerous programs”. (Solove, Daniel J.). The Patriot Act increases the government's surveillance powers in four areas. This act expanded access to personal records held by third parties, more secret searches, the expansion of the intelligence exception in wiretap law, and expansion of the "pen register" exception in wiretap law (American Civil Liberties Union.) A pen register is a device that decodes or records electronic impulses, allowing outgoing numbers from a telephone to be identified. The use of pen registers is governed by a 1986 federal statute, Pen Registers and Trap and Trace Devices (18 U.S.C.A. §§ 3121–3127). The statute also governs the use of trap devices, which are used to identify the originating number