Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

current laws and methods used are unconstitutional and continuously violate civil liberties. Introduced shortly after September 11th, 2001, the Patriot Act was passed by an overwhelming bipartisan majority in Congress (98-1 in Senate and 357-66 in the House of Representatives) and signed into law by George W. Bush on October 26th, 2001, the Patriot Act allowed for extensive collection

dealing with Watergate” ("Watergate Quotes"). The Watergate scandal began when five men attempted to break into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex. The government had to create an act in order to have the right to view all surveillance footage from the headquarters. This break-in sparked more than enough attention in the United States and brought two big reporters onto the case. It is stated that these two reporters “were bigger than the stories they covered”

is mass surveillance? Mass surveillance is the collection of electronic data (e.g. e-mails or phone call metadata) in bulk, which means the data is being collected from many people at once instead of targeting individuals and performing surveillance on them. There are multiple methods for performing mass surveillance, but the two that are generally used by the U.S. are "upstream collection" and querying the data from telecom (communications) providers such as AT&T under the USA Freedom Act; before

The National Security Agency mandate is to accumulate information and provide surveillance and security for the world. The National Security Agency focuses on keeping invulnerability to any outside threats and preserving the peace. The N.S.A. job is to provide “products and services to the Department of Defense, the Intelligence Community, government agencies, industry partners, and select allies and coalition partners”. (National Security Agency). The N.S.A. is also responsible for the “deliver[y]

Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001(USA Patriot Act) and the Homeland Security Act of 2002. While the USA Patriot Act and Homeland Security Act of 2002 have formed the backbone of terrorism laws in the United States, they are not without their problems, especially in terms of how far they infringe upon the right, freedom, and liberties of the public. As its full name suggests, the purpose to the USA Patriot Act is to provide federal , state, and local authorities

11, 2001, the United States implemented the Patriot Act. This new act was signed by President George W. Bush on October 26, 2001, and brought about many changes to make the United States strong by making changes that would help guard against terrorism. The Patriot Act was implemented right after the September 11 occurrence. This act revised the electronic surveillance which allows the administration to eavesdrop on anyone. Although Patriot Act was rejected before the September 11 incidence, the

While some people have no problem with the Patriot Act, and how it is designed to keep us as citizens safe, some people oppose the law in effect. Some of the reasons are as followed, how does it really help the United States, Does this act violate the Fourth Amendment and how the United states uses the Act, and finally how effective is the Patriot Act. The United States of America uses the Patriot Act to help keep us safe, but some sources say it is an invasion of privacy, when the government uses

The National Security Agency (NSA) holds the responsibility of collecting, monitoring, and analyzing information from foreign sources. This intelligence organization, along with the CIA and FBI, work together to obtain knowledge regarding terrorist movement in the War on Terror. The attacks on September 11, 2001 drove the NSA to recognize the faults in their surveillance efficiency. However, lack of information was not the reason why the NSA unsuccessfully detected the attacks. The National Security

- How does the Intelligence Community (IC) thwart the growing challenges of transnational criminal organizations, terrorist organizations and their associated nefarious activities which impact U.S. National Policy, international laws, and not to mention the innocent lives lost surrounding those events? We take notice in this week’s readings and resources that Open Source Intelligence is a significant to the expansion of strategic intelligence amongst DoD agencies, law enforcement, private sector

enhancing the capability of its law enforcement agencies and intelligence services to eavesdrop on personal conversations; but there has recently been legislation introduced to limit government surveillance. The USA Freedom Act was passed on June 2,2015 by both Houses of Congress and it places restrictions on the NSA’s surveillance powers; this Act will make both the NSA and the FISA court more transparent and accountable. Passage of this Act ended the government’s bulk collection of American’s telephone