Essays on Patriot Act

One of the most interesting laws created by Congress was the Cyber Security Act of 2015. It was created as part of the Omnibus Appropriations Act signed by President Barack Obama that year. The Act limited government use of collected online information and how information could be shared between different nongovernment organizations and different levels of government. The bill may also have increased government oversight as well, considering the fact that the Department of Homeland Security now has increased access to networks to protect against terrorism and espionage. The Act has a “provider exception” (Kerr, 2015), which allows individual ...

The United States government with the aim of enhancing the government security against both domestic and foreign terrorist activities enacted the USA PATRIOT Act. The provisions of the Act were to ensure the government put in place necessary investigatory equipment that would help the government to detect and neutralize these activities before it happens (Congress, 2002). However, the Act is modifiable to improve its effectiveness in counteracting terrorism. Most importantly, the law should categorize the necessary tools for investigation set aside. In particular, this is because terrorism activities of the 21st century and beyond use high-level technology and therefore ...

The Chief of Police has an active responsibility to control and regulate the services offered by the police department. In particular, the entire population within a particular area of concern knows the police department in the provision of security services. For instance in the case provided the population comprises of a mixture of Muslims, Latinos and the Native Americans in various differing percentages. It is, therefore, the responsibility of the head of the police department, in this case, the Chief of Police to ensure that these individuals live in harmony with each other (Brogden, 2014). It is important to ...

CRITICAL REVIEW OF THE ROLE OF CRISIS IN INDUCING POLICY CHANGE

Introduction Most nations make policies after they enter serious crisis. There is a general notion that a critical problem requires a critical solution. Thus, nations that came under Nazi or Japanese attack in the eve of the Second World War declared a state of emergency and made sweeping changes to their national policies. These changes had far-reaching impacts on the functioning of the arms of governments and the entire nation had to suspend various activities to implement the policies in response to the crises. However, after World War II, significant events have been considered as turning points in national ...

Following the 9/11 2001 attacks on the US homeland, a commission was set up to investigate the attacks and the response by the US security agencies to the attacks. Known as the 9/11 Commission report, one of the recommendation sections of this report touched on communication as a response to such attacks in the future. According to this National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States Report, one of the lesson’s learned in the aftermaths of these attacks was the lack of proper communication channels among the then existing security agencies and authorities. As a matter of ...

One of the famous acts of Congress is the USA Patriot Act that was first signed by George W Bush in 2001. The actual meaning of USA PATRIOT Act is “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act.” After that, it has been modified many times. In this paper, we will discuss that why the USA Patriot Act is subject to periodic reauthorization. With the help of USA Patriot Act history, periodic reauthorization will be discussed. It was Congress that rushed to pass this legislation/Act that the security controls need to strengthened. ...

In the preamble to the United States Constitution, the Framers established that three of the fundamental responsibilities of the government was to “insure domestic tranquility”, “provide for a common defense” and “secure the blessings of liberty”. In other words, the government has a duty to protect the nation and its people from harm. The Declaration of Independence, however, states that there are certain unalienable rights that every citizen possesses. Moreover, the Bill of Rights, lists a number of the unalienable rights, such as privacy, freedom of expression, and due process of the law, which the Framers felt were important ...

Since the adoption of the Patriot Act 2 on October 2001, strict measures such as the detention of foreigners suspected of a security breach, electronic surveillance of individuals through databases, authentication identities through biometrics, technologization border controls, among others, are presented in political discourse of the USA. The US security and media are the latest techniques in the fight against terrorism. Most Americans feel that these measures are contemporary to the fight against terrorism. In fact, this impression is the product of the effects of language games made by the administration and the media as the rhetoric and imagery ...

Introduction

Domestic terrorist acts in the United States have been committed by a combination of native ideological sects, individuals representing what are considered to be extremist ideologies, and internationally-based terrorist organizations, such as Al-Qaeda. In the aftermath of the September 11, 2011 Al-Qaeda sponsored terrorist attacks in New York City and Washington, D.C., the U.S. Department of Homeland Security was implemented (Furlow, 2005). The primary objective of the Department of Homeland Security can be seen as terrorism prevention. Although prevention of terrorism does not eradicate its ideological causes per se, the act of prevention can aid in the identification and ...

1. Citing class discussion and course readings, please critique the following passage: Our analysis suggests that democracies are more likely to be sensitive to the costs of terrorist attacks, to grant concessions to terrorists so as to limit future attacks, to be constrained in the ability to pursue a lengthy attritional campaign against an organization, but also to be under a greater pressure to do something Terrorism as we know it is a tactic, a tactic used by marginalized and disenfranchised groups to attempt to claw back some of the rights that they have lost or to try and ...

Introduction

President George W. Bush signed the USA Patriotic Act into law following the September 11 attacks. It was designed so as to improve the anti-terrorism investigations by the federal authorities. Among the primary purposes of this act is to improve the law enforcement investigation tools and prevent as well as punish the acts of terrorism in the country and other parts of the world. It is vital to note that this antiterrorism law removed the legal barriers, which were blocking the federal defense, intelligence, and law enforcement agencies from exchanging the information regarding possible terrorist threats. The present paper ...

Introduction

The United States government has the mandate of ensuring the security of the nation by developing and implementing legislations that promote the safety of all citizens. Numerous cases of insecurity experienced in the country over the last few years stretching from drug and human trafficking to terrorists have made the federal government more concerned about the future of the country regarding securing her citizens. Terrorism brings more concerns in the area of homeland security among many security threats facing U.S. The priority of the U.S. Department of Justice is to prevent future terrorist attacks in the country. September 11, ...

The Patriot Act allowed the United States to protect its citizens from terrorism. The extreme surveillance established by the Patriot Act allowed the government to have an upper hand on terrorists and without that, there could be another attacked similar to 9/11 or worse. Although the Patriot Act removes rights of all citizens, it also protects the safety of all citizens. Certainly, life and safety are much more important than allowing the government to invade privacy when it is determined to be necessary for protection. The forfeiture of rights during a time of war is necessary because safety and ...

The term representation is used to refer to the construction of meaning through various symbols and images (Sisler, 2008). Cultures, races, and religions are represented in different forms of media around the world, but in most scenarios these representations are filled with stereotypes making western cultural ideologies and beliefs as better or ideal compared to other forms of cultural ideologies. The portrayal of Arab- Muslim Americans or Muslims in general, within the media of the United States focuses on the idea of agenda setting and the dominant ideology which frames the perceptions of mainstream America (Gerhauser, 2014). The United ...

Introduction

I am a United States Army personnel who is also a senior in the 2nd year post-University course. My ultimate goal in life is to receive a management degree (MBA) and then seek a retirement from the United States Army. I have been serving the United States Army for almost 8 years and now I aspire to lead a normal family man’s life after attaining my MBA and grabbing some suitable job in a managerial profile. As I have already lived a life of staying away from the family for most of the times during my US army ...

Government Survaillance is unconstitutional and should not be conducted. It deprives citizens their right of liberty. Peolpe’s privacy should not be sacrificed for the sake of security. Security concerns have often been used to justify a breach of citizens’ privacy. Law enforcement groups have created different measures such as the use of surveillance cameras including in many public places to monitor the activities of unsuspecting citizens. In the surveillance process, the agencies involved use high-tech machines. These devices are controlled from a private area and are mostly invisible to the public (Norris, 2010). The tools are made in ...

Ever since the coordinated attacks of the September 11, 2001, America has been put through an enormous number of changes. The man who is primarily believed to have caused the September 11, 2001 attack is believed to be Osama Bin Laden. He is considered by the American government to be the mastermind of the attacks that brought down the Twin Towers in the city of New York. Some of the changes that can be identified are related to the security. Furthermore, intelligence reports that have been carried out by the American security forces indicate that Osama Bin Laden is ...

Part 1: Research Proposal

Introduction The Constitution has always protected the privacy of citizens, but the increased advancement of technology is becoming a threat. Technology is threatening to redefine the privacy of individuals for it to operate efficiently. One of the inventions that have collided with the individual expectations of privacy, which are protected by the Fourth Amendment, is drones. These devices can be used for surveillance (especially against terrorism) and aid in the achievement of the requirements of the Patriot Act. The drones can capture high-resolution images and videos from a distance and transmit them to the source. The American citizens fear ...

This an act of the law passed by the national congress of the United States 45 days after the September 11 terror attack on the world trade center. The Patriot Act also referred to as the “Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism” Act. The Act was formulated with the most noble of intentions of finding and putting to justice international terror suspects who could be working within the confines of the United States. However, the unfortunate aftermath of the Act has been drastic and retrogressive to say the least. Many of ...

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Abstract

Computers are becoming an important part of our life. It allows us to do thing that are not possible otherwise. Communication and information transfer is much easier and quicker due to the advent of Internet. Now a person sitting in Canada can talk to anyone sitting in India. People who like to meet and talk to new people around the word use social networks. On such social networks people not only give their whereabouts but also share pictures, videos and other personal ...