Essay on Right to Privacy

Most Americans feel trapped by the government. They believe that the government is spying on them just to do so and that there is absolutely no reason for it. However this is wrong because the government has several reasons to spy on us Americans. Even though this may seem outrageous, it is needed and there are ways the United States’ citizens have privacy. With all of these false accusations it is simple to see why people would be supportive of our right to privacy. On the other hand, the government eavesdropping on the people of the United States has helped save many lives and justice being served. The United States of America is a free country, so we should have the option to be spied on by the government; however, as citizens we do

After the terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center on September 11th, 2001 the United States became a very different place. This drastic change was caused by the initial emotional reactions that American citizens, as well as government leaders had towards the tragic event. The government, in an effort to assure that these events never happen again passed the USA PATRIOT Act, which is an acronym that stands for the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act. The major goal of this act is to combat terrorism by giving the government more leeway in what areas they are allowed to use their surveillance tools and also to what circumstances these tools can be used. The major issue that arise with this act are the fact that many of the act can be seen as unconstitutional.

On September 11th, 2001 the future of the United States changed forever. With almost 3,000 people dying from a terrorist attack that spanned the Eastern U.S., new tactics had to be created to prevent an event like this from ever happening again. Forty-five days after the attack, the USA Patriot Act was passed (Source 5). While only some Americans approved of it, the act was created to protect from terrorism across the country.

The Bush Administration implied that members who voted against it would be blamed for any further attacks - a serious threat at a time when the nation was expecting a second attack would come at any moment and when reports of anthrax letters were appearing daily. (Surveillance Under the USA Patriot Act)

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After the attacks on September 11th of 2001, George W. Bush and his administration, along with Congress, agreed that national security needed more power within the executive branch. Our government leaders then rushed the legislative and review process and got the USA Patriot Act signed to law on October 26th of 2001 by President George W. Bush. The USA Patriot Act is an acronym that stands for Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism. It was passed to prevent future threats and acts of terrorism in the United States and to strengthen our national defense against terrorism. Since this act came into effect, lawmakers and citizens have heavily criticized it. The USA Patriot Act has been said to contradict civil liberties and be a violation of Constitutional rights, but its most controversial sections have continued to be extended

The Patriot Act was signed into law on October 26, 2001 by President George W. Bush. The act expanded the surveillance capability of both domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies. When this law was passed it was under the assumption “to deter and punish terrorist acts in the United States and around the world, to enhance law enforcement investigatory tools, and for other purposes” (The USA Patriot). The Patriot Act has given the government the power to spy on the average American through monitoring phone records and calls, gaining banking and credit information, and even track a person’s internet activity. This is an unbelievable amount of power intelligence agencies wield all under the umbrella of national security. This power has gone too far, is unjustified, unconstitutional, and infringes on the privacy of the

Privacy is what allows people to feel secure in their surroundings. With privacy, one is allowed to withhold or distribute the information they want by choice, but the ability to have that choice is being violated in today’s society. Benjamin Franklin once said, “He who sacrifices freedom or liberty will eventually have neither.” And that’s the unfortunate truth that is and has occurred in recent years. Privacy, especially in such a fast paced moving world, is extremely vital yet is extremely violated, as recently discovered the NSA has been spying on U.S. citizens for quite a while now; based on the Fourth Amendment, the risk of leaked and distorted individual information, as well as vulnerability to lack of anonymity.

13 days after the attacks of 9/11 the government implemented the Patriot Act, in which instituted "a new crime called ‘domestic terrorism,’ defined as ‘acts dangerous to human life that are a violation of the criminal laws of the United States,’ when the actor’s intent is to ‘influence the policy of a government by intimidation of coercion" (Benson et al., 3). How did the USA Patriot act come to be present in our system today? To relieve the government's concerns and cool the widespread public anxiety, the Patriot Act was presented to Congress bypresident George W. Bush in an extensive 342 page document. Three days after the presentaion , it was passed through congress onOctober 26, 2001 - practically unanimous as the House of Representatives passed it 357-66 and the Senate a staggering 98-1 (1). Albeit "the USA Patriot Act was approved by Congress and the president without the normal procedural review processes of intensive debateand hearings" in 2001, it was later re-passed in 2005 with more evident thought (Zusman and Helfand 1). In 2005 Congress took ninemonths to repass it, doing so on March 9, 2006 (Benson et al.,

In 1787, the constitution was born. The constitution has been America’s guideline to the American way of life. Our US constitution has many points in it to protect America and it’s people from an overpowered government, our economy, and ourselves. The only thing the constitution doesn’t directly give us, is our right to privacy, and our right to privacy has been a big concern lately courtesy of the National Security Agency (NSA).(#7) Although our constitution doesn’t necessarily cover the privacy topic, it does suggest that privacy is a given right. Some people say that the right to privacy was so obvious, that our founding fathers didn’t even feel the need to make a point about it.(#9) It also didn’t help

Ever since day one, people have been developing and creating all sorts of new methods and machines to help better everyday life in one way or another. Who can forget the invention of the ever-wondrous telephone? And we can’t forget how innovative and life-changing computers have been. However, while all machines have their positive uses, there can also be many negatives depending on how one uses said machines, wiretapping in on phone conversations, using spyware to quietly survey every keystroke and click one makes, and many other methods of unwanted snooping have arisen. As a result, laws have been made to make sure these negative uses are not taken advantage of by anyone. But because of how often technology changes, how can it be

     The Patriot Act is a bill that was passed in the wake of 9/11/01. Not even two months after the horrific event which we all know as 911, the bill was passed with great haste and secrecy. The bill was passed on October 26, 2001. The bill was passed to raise the security of the country. Sadly many speculate that most of the members in congress did not even read the 342 page bill. Within a matter of days the executive branch with its new powers began to initiate many new executive orders, policies, regulations and

The interest in privacy has been continually growing since the late nineteenth century and will only keep growing as technology continues to improve. Privacy and technology go hand in hand with today’s society being so dependent on electronic devices. The new movement towards law enforcement wearing body cameras has raised a few concerns over the protection of privacy.

In 1942, policy makers of the United States, triggered by the event of Pearl Harbor and faced with an increasingly daunting threat from the east, made a fateful decision to confine 120 thousand Japanese American citizens in internment camps. This displaced thousands of families and created an anti-Japanese sentiment that would persist in America for years to come. While truly horrific, some will say this injustice was due to the largely circumstantial factual errors and misplaced suspicion which drove this decision. However, passing this event off as unique creates the disillusion that America will never again be faced with a similar situation. Consider that our government leaders have the ongoing task of handling formidable threats, in many

Americans are known globally as the most stubborn nation, especially regarding the rights and freedoms of the individual. It is because of this stubbornness that the debate between privacy and security appears so often in discussions of new laws and regulations. For example, a debate currently taking place revolves around a person's natural right to privacy, and the government's authoritative right to information. The argument is centered around weather or not governments and banks have the right to sell personal information gathered from security cameras and liscense plate numbers, to private buisnesses in order to "pinpoint consumers more effectively." The two selected texts are both argumenitive writings, one in favor and one opposed, that address the positive and negative effects this information would have on the consumer. Though both arguments seem to falter in certain areas, they still manage to make solid points for their opposing views.