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Wiretaps Warrantless Wiretaps and Searches Should the United Stated Conduct Them on U. S. Citizens? The controversy over warrantless wiretaps and searches being
Patriot Act allows greater surveillance abilities by easing restrictions on the use of roving wiretaps. Roving wiretaps allow investigators to tap all phones and
that cuts so wide a swath through conflicts confronting American society. From AIDS tests to wiretaps, polygraph tests to computerized data bases, the common denominator
cuts so wide a swath through conflicts confronting American society: from AIDS tests to wiretaps, polygraph test to computerized data bases, the common denominator
intercepted. The ability intercept those increasingly frequent communications (e.g., wiretaps) means that spying on communication channels becomes increasingly rewarding
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Warrantless Wiretaps and Searches
Should the United Stated Conduct Them on U. S. Citizens?
The controversy over warrantless wiretaps and searches being conducted on U. S. citizens has been very heated since the Patriot Act was passed just weeks after the September 11th terrorist attack. President Bush authorized the National Security Agency to eavesdrop on U.S. citizens as well as others living in this country. International telephone calls and international e-mail messages were being monitored. Those who defend these actions say it is critical in helping to stop terrorist activities. However, the Fourth Amendment guarantees the right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers and effect against unreasonable searches and seizures. These rights are not to be violated without the proper use of warrants.
While I understand the necessity of protecting our country against terrorists, I strongly feel our civil rights and liberties as United States citizens are being violated. The Patriot Act allows the FBI to secretly conduct a physical search or wiretap on American citizens to obtain evidence of a crime without proving probable cause. The Fourth Amendment explicitly requires that this be done. Other provisions in the Patriot Act lets the CIA also spy of Americans as in the 1970’s when they spied on American protestors and other groups. It created a new crime called “domestic terrorism”.
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History may repeat itself if we don’t learn from our previous mistakes. George Santayana stated, “Those who fail to learn from history are doomed to repeat it.” Today is being compared to the 1970’s when Americans who were law-abiding citizens were being harassed by the FBI. From the 1950’s to the 1970’s the FBI spied on many American groups. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. was investigated and spied on for several decades. They were trying to find information to destroy his...
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