I have a quote from the National Security Agency‚ “If you have nothing to hide‚ you have nothing to fear.” Resolve: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. From Oxford dictionary‚ I have a definition of privacy: freedom from unauthorized intrusion. The 4th Amendment from the constitution‚ “The right of the people to be secure in their persons‚ houses‚ papers‚ and effects‚ against unreasonable searches and seizures‚ shall not be violated‚ and no Warrants shall issue‚ but
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On September 11‚ 2001‚ a group of terrorists hijacked two commercial planes‚ flying them straight toward the Twin Towers destroying one of the most well-known landmarks. This act was responsible for the death of thousands of innocent citizens.The Domestic Surveillance Program was created as a result of the treacherous September 11 attacks under the hope that they could prevent the possibility of more fatalities. Conducted by the National Security Agency‚ this program sparked a great debate on whether
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A Scandal of Bias and Fact Over the past few years the NSA (National Security Agency) has been collecting massive amounts of phone call data from Verizon without the public’s knowledge. This information has just come to the public’s attention earlier this year‚ and has been covered by many news sources. Some sources stick strictly to the facts of the story and nothing more. However‚ other sources tend to focus more on their own bias rather than talking about the actual events that happened. There
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CON Resolution--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Resolved: The benefits of domestic surveillance by the NSA outweigh the harms. Introduction------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As former Supreme Court Justice William Douglas once wrote‚ “The right to be let alone is indeed the beginning of all freedom.” With that in mind‚ my partner and I negate the
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violation of federal law. In order to collect evidence against Katz‚ federal agents placed a warrantless wiretap on the public phone booth that he used to conduct these operations. The agents listened only to Katz’s conversations‚ and only to the parts of his conversations dealing with illegal gambling transactions. In the case of Olmstead v. United States (1928)‚ the Supreme Court held that the warrantless wiretapping of phone lines did not constitute an unreasonable search under the Fourth Amendment.
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federal law. In order to collect evidence against Katz‚ federal agents placed a warrantless wiretap on the public phone booth that he used to conduct these operations. The agents listened only to Katz’s conversations‚ and only to the parts of his conversations dealing with illegal gambling transactions. At his trial‚ Katz sought to exclude any evidence connected with these wiretaps‚ arguing that the warrantless wiretapping of a public phone booth constitutes an unreasonable search of a "constitutionally
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war on terror‚ the executive branch is taking the necessary precautions to keep the nation safe with drone attacks‚ warrantless wiretapping‚ and advanced interrogation techniques. [Drone essay Ms. Devine has done] Wireless wiretapping also keeps the peace of the United States. As Steven G. Bradbury states in the pro CQR Essay about wiretapping‚ “taking precautions‚ such as wiretapping‚ helps keep America from suffering another 9/11” (Clemmitt). He also brings up another point about the enemies being
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obtained too much power for its own good. Scandals such as wiretapping‚ the absence of Habeas Corpus in detained "terrorists"‚ and the war on terror are all proof of this fact. There is a public outcry for the government to stop these acts‚ but their cries fall upon deaf ears. The Bush administration refuses to acknowledge the opinions of the masses‚ justifying all their actions either under Constitutional powers or executive rights. Wiretapping provides the most extreme example of the U.S. government
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Public Speaking Wire Tapping My topic that I’m going to talk about is wiretapping‚ the history‚ how it is used‚ and how people feel about it. Wiretapping began in the early days when they had a telegraph system was invented in 1844 there were many human operators to take messages‚ so it was easy for law enforcement to intercept other peoples messages. Then there was the modern day telephone that was that has voice communication technology that was invented by Alexander Graham Bell
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power is‚ supported by arguments that will indicate that the President‚ Supreme Court and Congress are responsible for creating unnecessary stress for American citizens. The first argument presented will explain how the controversial act of Warrantless Wiretapping has violated various amendments of the Constitution and disrespected the American people. This paper will also argue that the creation of the no-fly list was an irresponsible abuse of authority. Following
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