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    I Spy After the terrorist attacks of September 11th 2001, an American public was shocked, flabbergasted, and lost for words for the first time since Pearl Harbor. Out of these fears the PATRIOT act was conceived; promising to help stop future terrorist plots the bill was initially met with high praise from the public and media. It was not for another decade that the side-effects of the patriot act were revealed to the world. The American public was appalled at the circumvention of their fourth Amendment

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    think. The government and the National Security Agency (NSA), have been spying on citizens and collecting data from the calls made and text messages and emails sent. Though they say they are doing this for our safety and to detect terrorists, the NSA has not caught many terrorists with the methods of surveillance they are using. NSA methods are ineffective and have not produced adequate results to justify their damage to civil liberties. The NSA monitors people in the U.S. and abroad, usually without

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    The NSA is an unconstitutional Federal government agency established by a failed president. In 1952, the worst president in U.S. History, President Truman, established the National Security Agency (NSA). Truman is known for committing the worst crime against humanity by using a nuclear bomb on the people of Hiroshima and Nagasaki in Japan, as well as for losing China and North Korea. For a president that is known for his poor performance on foreign policy, Truman establishes the NSA to safeguard

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    Over the past few years, government surveillance in the United States has become a widely debated issue with two completely different sides. The National Security Agency, a government agency known for it’s efforts in spying and surveillance, has been at the center of this issue since it’s founding in the 1950’s. The Cold War had just begun and the United States government was doing anything they could to find potential terrorists and communists. In fact, many famous people including Einstein were

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    Should the NSA and United States government be allowed to spy on and collect information on its citizens? The NSA stands for National Security Agency and they are in charge of security and protection of the United States. Some may ask where the title of privacy comes into play. Some may say that it is only for protection to keep the country safe, but in all reality should the NSA be allowed to without question invade of privacy and look through our cellular data over the internet? The privacy of

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    intentional misuse by members of the NSA since 2003. Before trial the accused either resigned or retired to escape disciplinary action. This means that they did spy on people because if they did not they would go to the trial and be found innocent. However they could have all been paid to retire by the government to hide a more sinister threat such as terrorist demands or even aliens! Not only have the NSA been caught spying on American citizens but they have been caught spying on European leaders, most notably

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    Privacy is something that should be seen as a guaranteed right for americans, and should not be overtaken by the government. The National Security Agency was first founded in 2001. (“NSA Spying”) Mainly, all they did was spy on normal people’s lives to see if there was any information that could lead to terrorists or any acts of terrorism. The press and media did not present this information to the public until late 2005. (“NSA Spying”) News reports in late 2005 revealed that they had been intercepting

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    being executed to the American people (Frequently…). The president at the time, Harry S. Truman, established what has in recent light become one of the most controversial American governmental agencies known as the National Security Agency, NSA for short. Recent leaks by the likes of Edward Snowden and court cases have shown citizens that allowing the government to track all of their information has not helped prevent terrorist actions. America as a whole needs to realize that spying, the one thing that

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    NSA Spying - What is Metadata and What Does the Law Say? Technology is in everything we do from using our home refrigerator, washer, cellular device, automobile, and or computer systems. When using certain devices you pass information to others pertaining to personal and private information. This information or metadata could be a bank account or credit card number, pin, and or password that we unconsciously share. We randomly give away this information at a dentist or doctor’s office, the local

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    The NSA had innocent beginnings with the goal of peace and the well being of general population. Created in the early 20th century, its goals were to use cryptology to decipher the codes of foreign countries and monitor potential threats. As multiple reports of success began pouring in, its directive expanded to allow the mass spying of American citizens. Since spying on domestic grounds was a new concept, the government put a leash around the NSA's neck requiring a warrant before any searches were

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