NSA warrantless surveillance controversy

governments have always spied on their people, but after 9/11 (the terrorist attack that killed almost 3,000 people,) the United States took a new approach to conduct surveillance to insure public safety. Now the NSA can access a person's personal information like emails, calls, and messages without consent. This government action is a violation to people's privacy, it also is unconstitutional and contrivance the Fourth Amendment, plus the act of a person(s) spying on another is inhumane and can

The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 was a necessary measure signed by President Jimmy Carter in an effort to stop the CIA, FBI, NSA, and other executive powers from conducting warrantless wiretaps of domestic groups for so-called national security purposes. This was necessary because findings by the Church Committee in the early 1970s suggested that warrantless wiretapping had been going on for quite some time by these government entities and was exacerbated by President Nixon and the

around us and where anything around us could become evidence enough to become a suspect to the National Security Agency, also known as the NSA. The NSA is a corporation initially set up to catch terrorists and keep America safe. Not really recognized until the 9/11 incident, where ”President Bush Sign[ed] (an) Order Beginning NSA's Domestic Spying Program” (“NSA Spying on Americans”Timeline). Background The origins of the National Security Agency can be traced back to April 28, 1917, three weeks

individual, a question arises concerning the ethics behind how the government uses this technology for surveillance and security. Whether the nation knows it or not, every phone call, text message, email, and even social media posts are collected and analyzed by the government. As a result of this collection of data, there is a growing concern for the issue of privacy with such a widespread form of surveillance, as a great number of individuals feel that they are experiencing a severe infringement on rights

This episode of, “Last Week Tonight,” showed different examples of digital literacy by showing two different ways of explaining a topic. John Oliver, the talk show host, interviews Edward Snowden, the man who gave secure NSA files to journalists and exposed one of the NSA’s secrets; that they could access our private electronic information like phone calls, and other pieces of information sent via electronics. Mr. Oliver went all the way to Russia to meet Mr. Snowden to ask him various questions

Hawaii. He is working at an NSA facility for Booz Allen Hamilton. The NSA mission is to protect military and intelligence networks against intruders. In May he took a plane to Hong Kong to get away from the U.S. because he had leaked documents that showed the NSA had been

third part of trilogy about America post 9/11. The NSA has built the largest store in the world to intercepted communications, also has built the world’s largest repository for intercepted communications in Bluffdale. Started filming the site in 2011 when construction began. NSA says that within the United States that is run by the FBI, if it were a foreign player in the United States the FBI would still have the initiative and could work with the NSA and other agencies within the United States would

Edward Snowden is America’s most recent controversial figure. People can’t decide if he is their hero or traitor. Nevertheless, his leaks on the U.S. government surveillance program, PRISM, demand an explanation. Many American citizens have been enraged by the thought of the government tracing their telecommunication systems. According to factbrowser.com 54% of internet users would rather have more online privacy, even at the risk of security (Facts Tagged with Privacy). They say it is an infringement

world problems such as the Edward Snowden scandal or the NSA wiretapping scandal with something more understandable and relatable such as a movie. I think the authors of the article are however unsuccessful in their approach because there is a lack of structure, not enough viable sources, and the authors use fear tactics that intimidate the reader. In the article A Future in Denial bridges how real life scandals in the recent news such as the NSA phone tapping scandal

“The NSA (National Security Agency) is the largest and most secretive U.S. intelligence agency.” (Junior Scholastic). NSA spying in U.S. was first discovered in the spring of 2013. The first program that was leaked was a program called PRISM. This program was made to check up on everyone and was made after 2001. The NSA is now known as the government program that monitors technology. I agree with this political cartoon #7 (NSA Spying Philippines P.O.V.) as it shows the abuse of power because of how