Sunday, May 4, 2014

Response 6

Sophia Lam
Sec 1
5/4/2014
Response 6: USA Patriot Act

          After the September 11th incident back in 2001, America has been in fear of terrorist. Since then, the government has passed the Patriot Act that allows the monitoring and tracking of communications in order to prevent any more terrorist incidents.  However, tracking is a violation against freedom. People would have to censor or cut out their assertions in order to avoid being detained. It also violates American rights to privacy as the FBI admits to being able to view people through their computer camera without turning on the recording light. This makes Americans nothing more than property of the government since citizens are monitored. If the Patriot Act was passed in 2001, how come there is no fight against this restraining act even after a decade has passed?

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