security, the American people have sacrificed too much liberty in favor of security. In order to gain a better understanding of the liberty vs. security debate, this paper will first provide background information on how the process of homeland security originated in the United States and how it led to the creation of the Department of Homeland Security. Subsequently, this paper will analyze and evaluate arguments in support and opposition of the Patriot Act and its relation to the liberty vs. security
of another attack, many citizens demanded that their government improve its protection over its citizens. In response, the government presented the Patriot Act, a 342 page bill that gave federal officials more power to track and intercept communications, both for law enforcement and foreign intelligence gathering purposes. In 2013, Edward Snowden leaked information to the public that the government was spying and collecting hundreds of information from millions of Americans without the use of any
The Patriot Act. On September 11, 2001 Muslim terrorists instilled with a hatred of the west attacked the United States in a brutal fashion. Planes were hijacked and flown into the World Trade Center in New York. Over three thousand people were killed and the impregnable nation known as America was know scared and vulnerable. Almost immediately the legislature began drafting an act that would make the war on terror and the fight for homeland security a little easier to fight, this would come to
These extraordinary men understood the concept of liberty and embraced it with great passion. They were all too familiar with the consequences of a government with excess power. In order to prevent America from returning to the ways of Great Britain, they crafted one of the greatest documents ever written, the Constitution of the United States of America. Contained in the Constitution is the Bill of Rights which details the rights the citizens of the United States of America are guaranteed.
as prisoners of war. Terrorists are engaged in a war like any other: they unite to undertake military action in favor of a specific cause. The fact that they do not represent one individual nation and that they are not at war with a specific list of states does not undermine this: It can be argued that terrorists are not engaged in a war. Their actions are aimed at destruction of civil
11th 2001, an event of the terroristic act forever changed America. Many citizens touched by the event caused a demand in measures for increased security among the country. The government was stuck with fear of another attack, Congress soon passed a law called the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism”, or better known as the PATRIOT Act for short, on October 29th, 2001. Many fearful citizens were relieved at how the government
Today in United States we take many of our civil liberties for granted that are given to us by the American Constitution and Bill of Rights but it was not always this way. Since the founding of our nation personal liberties have been held in the highest regard being written into the founding documents of our country and has been updated to ensure it is accurately protects the ideas and beliefs of its citizens. The liberties granted to the American people were the first of its kind in a world predominantly
people in any country around the globe and ask questions as to who are terrorists and the word terrorism which brought to the Unite States the birth of Patriot Act as well as the controversy surrounding the Act as a whole, we will see that the patriot act went too far because certain provisions seem to violate the constitutional rights of the citizens of this country. First, I see terrorism as war and a terrorist in my view is a soldier going to war for certain purpose and reason to destroy. If captured
Privacy Rights and The United States Constitution POL303: The American Constitution Instructor: Samra Nasser April 12, 2015 The founding fathers of the United States of America fought hard to achieve an independent nation. An independent nation containing freedoms and rights for citizens that only the constitution can guarantee. One of the crucial rights guaranteed to U.S citizens today is the right to privacy, or the right to be left alone according to Brandeis and Warren. The right
Surveillance Technology As American citizens we want to live in a country where privacy and protection can live in harmony. This is the political dispute surrounding mass surveillance technology, because the reality is that perfect harmony isn’t possible at this time. Social groups in conflict over this issue are divided into two categories; government agencies such as the FBI, CIA, and most prominently the NSA versus civil society groups like American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and Electronic