Our argument is that the government should be able to wiretap and spy without warrant. My partner brought up our first main contention which was how wiretapping and spying stop terrorism. Our other contentions are is it helps speed up trials and brings a more accurate verdict, and there wouldn't be as much paperwork if it was warrantless. Our next main contention that I will be discussing is how wiretapping and spying stops organized crimes. The organized crimes that it would be able to stop is murder, robbery, drug distribution, human trafficking, and many other crimes. Think about all the lives that would be saved by spying on suspected people who would commit the crimes… How warrantless wiretapping and spying will work is they will be able to listen on conversations and read emails. After that they will be able to apprehend the suspect if they are suspected of committing a crime. With crime and terrorism on the rise our country can seriously benefit from warrantless wiretapping. The law enforcement and government officials using wiretaps are not spying random but instead suspect criminals. Also when they collect information by using wiretaps it does interfere with innocent U.S citizens. This is some of the reasoning behind our argument. Why we know it work and help our country is other …show more content…
Having a faster trial will help save money, right now a criminal trial can range from $40,000 to $17 million base on the offense. Being able to save the United States money will allows to spend money on things for the better cause and not criminals. Think about it why we should spend so much money criminals just so we can put them in jail, the money should go toward more important things that will benefit our country. This is our last supporting point for our
This is something that I feel like could have been taken care of long before it was. The Sixth Amendment guarantees that everyone has the right to a speedy and public trial and since the system is so backed up, this concept barely exists. Another thing that could have been taken care of quicker was how the guards treated the inmates.
Government Wiretapping is when the government gets access without court consent is used completely illegally Every day, Hundreds of millions of people chat exchange text messages and send picture through social sites like Facebook and you don't know whether or not the government is watching you and see everything you send out they are just invading your privacy. While it may help catch criminals (terrorist drug dealers etc) it is being used to spy on millions of people ILLEGALLY there have even been some cases of government officials choosing to spy on people they know even if they know they're innocent. Why should the government be allowed to wiretap without court consent? They are looking at innocent people's information and some cases have
The Patriot Act of 2001 has in many ways changed the way that acts of terrorism and other crimes related to terrorism are handled within the Federal system. The Patriot Act in many ways unites under one law code a few different important clauses relating to tools available to federal law enforcement and also to the new more pressed penalties for terrorist acts. The entire act within itself provides law enforcement a new set of measures and procedures to combating terrorist on the financial field as well as the domestic home front. The most basic of tools that many law enforcement agencies have took advantage of were with the passing of the Patriot Act of 2001 becoming newly available to that of federal investigatory
Government surveillance is made with the intent to keep American society safe, usually made in response to major terrorist attacks to prevent future terrorist attacks. After the tragic events of 9/11 the Us government took measures to prevent future terrorist attacks from happening. One major act enacted was the Patriot act.
“It emphasizes efficiency and the capacity to catch, try, convict, and punish a high proportion of offenders; it also stresses speed and finality. (Cole & Smith, 2010). The prosecutor in this model looks at the evidence, and chances of getting a conviction. If there is a slight chance, then the state will not move forward with prosecution of the case. If there is a preponderance of evidence then the prosecution will begin bargaining with the defense, agree on a jail term, and the defendant then usually pleads guilty to the charges. This is a fast and efficient method, which saves money by keeping many trials out of court. On the other hand there is a higher likelihood that innocent people who are facing a long sentence, would plea out to a lesser sentence rather than risking getting the longer time in jail. Think about it, if you were innocent of a charge, and facing life in prison, but were offered a five-year sentence with parole, what would you do? You could simply take the time and move on, or risk a jury trial, where there is a possibility you would still be found guilty. These are the tough decisions that some innocent people have to actually face. Many people that are guilty of crimes also benefit from this system, by getting a lesser sentence. Is the cost of saving money, worth letting a guilty person back on the streets sooner? I do not believe it is worth saving the money, and feel that if you are guilty of a crime then you should
Rand Paul, of the Wall Street Journal states, “How many records did the NSA seize from Verizon” (Paul)? Verizon is an enormous phone company that covers more than 308 million people. All of the phone information secured in the Verizon Company, is now being monitored and viewed by the US Government, which was initially kept secret from the people, under code name PRISM (Greenwald). The information under this code name was then leaked by a former NSA worker. Unfortunately, just like the book Big Brother’s Watching, it is the U.S Government that is conducting domestic surveillance on Verizon. Companies like Verizon, can’t simply shut off the eyes the government and they also cannot protect their users, now violated, Fourth Amendment rights. The use of domestic surveillance by the American government must not be implemented, in order to prevent the violation of American’s Fourth Amendment right, to ensure privacy for the American people, and due to American’s distrustful views toward domestic surveillance and the NSA. The U.S government should not monitor its people, and should not violate their rights to privacy.
In the 2016 election, the two candidates running for President are: Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump. Many people voting in this year's election are wanting someone different, someone who can get their points across. People are wanting someone who says, and will, make a difference in the world. America is filled with many disagreements and issues, especially on security as in NSA Surveillance; they also have issues on terrorists, and how they interrogate and torture them.
Warrantless wiretapping should never be justified in any case of protecting national security.Why? Lets just say if this is permitted ,what would stop the government from violating domestic citizens privacy? With that question in mind,allowing warrantless wiretapping is still breaking breaking the law even if it's our own government who is doing it. The constitution was put in place to protect peoples rights and to keep our government in order. Without the constitution, the government would become a tyranny.Andrew McCarthy argument was the we should want the government to do wiretapping for our own protection to assist in investigations. The is some truth in his opinion, being that a lot of investigations would be easily solved if the were
Today, domestic terrorism is one of the major threats to the national security of the US. Since 9/11, the US intelligence services and law enforcement agencies viewed international terrorism as the major threat to the public security of the US but the threat of domestic terrorism has been underestimated. At any rate, American law enforcement agencies conduct active campaigns to prevent international terrorism but domestic terrorism become a serious threat to the national security of the US. In such a way, the US needs to develop effective strategies to prevent the rise of domestic terrorism. Otherwise, the US may face a threat of the consistent growth of domestic terrorism as do some European countries, such as the UK, for instance. Therefore, law enforcement agencies should focus their attention on the prevention of domestic terrorism because, even though domestic terrorism is unseen, it may be even more dangerous than international terrorism. Domestic terrorists undermine the country from within, while international terrorists attack the US from the outside and the US can raise barriers to protect Americans from the foreign threat, while domestic terrorism needs effective work of law enforcement agencies nationwide. Therefore, domestic terrorism is a serious threat to the national security of the US and American law enforcement agencies along legislators and the public have to unite their efforts in the struggle against domestic terrorism.
Racial profiling is a futile method in preventing domestic and international terrorism. But regardless of this fact, the United States has attempted to employ this technique in its counter-terror and espionage efforts dating back as early as World War II. And as long as this has been present in has been a point of contention and discussion amongst the American populace, as this country has well documented accounts of this throughout their history that include: the internment of Japanese-Americans in WWII, the profiling of minorities and low-income areas during the War on Drugs,
Human knowledge is one of the man impact of the community, once they find that they are looking into what they do and they are considered suspects every terrorist attack they will soon begin to become paranoid. though this paranoia isn't due to the fact that they may have done something wrong, but that they didn't do a thing and the FBI might make the criminals for making one too many calls or for having different medical involvement. Plenty of citizens would refuse to be under that kind of surveillance, due to the about if observation the patriot act puts on people they would no longer feel comfortable in the way they are living. In source 2, the author claims "The NSA and FBI use the Patriot Act to collect the phone records of millions of people who have never even been suspected or accused of a crime" (source 2), this is not only portraying that they have records of what people are doing and not just that they hardly ever even find the actual people that are guilty of terrorism attacks, invading people's lives is much greater than being just illegal it is harassment toward the community as a
Not only would the chance of the innocent being convicted rise tremendously but consider what would happen to correctional facilities. How would these facilities house such a large number of people if they were simply sent there without a fair trial? It would cost states a considerable amount more for something that isn’t necessary in the first
The USA PATRIOT Act was ratified into law in October 2001 in response to the devastating terror attacks on America on September 11, 2001. Subsequently, President George W. Bush’s government increased their focus on the fight against terrorism. The acronym “USA PATRIOT” stands for, “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” (Doyle, 2001). This law is vitally important to America and plays a crucial role in the prevention of terrorism while imposing relatively minimal peril to the various civil liberties.
Many innocent Americans lives were taken by an act of terrorism on September 11, 2001. This has terrorized many people who lost loved ones on this day. There was much controversy among the government’s officials and American citizens on what the course of action is to prevent this tragedy from happening again. After many days of formulating a plan, A bill was passed on October 26, 2001 by George W. Bush to help solve this issue. This new regulation became know as the Patriot Act. This bill provided the government the necessary tools to intercept American citizens private information, which would help discover suspicious activity among suspected terrorists threats. The main bill’s focus was to help prevent future terrorists from executing their malicious attacks. Despit the law’s ability to keep this country safe, we sacrifice some of our freedom for the good of each of us. Although the American government has retrieved personal information throughout history, our civil liberties should be preserved along with the safety of our exclusive information from the United States government.
After the 9/11 attacks the word terrorism became etched in the worlds vocabulary. The word Terrorism immediately brings up images of bombings and hooded figures making demands on a home video. But when organizations tasked with defending against the treat of terrorism, begin to shape their operations, it also shape tire definition.