USA PATRIOT

                

Jingxuan Yang

ASA2 SEC A3

OCT 25
Blog 6

               The article, “The USA PATRIOT Act: a sketch”, briefly describes how Congress responses to the terrorists’ attacks of September 11, 2001. Its title USA PATRIOT stands for "Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2001". As the title suggests, the Congress want to strength security controls by passing legislation. Granted terrorism is horrible, is it effective to prevent terrorism by giving more powers to government to track and intercept information? It is always a controversial issue. Personally, I think this act may performed like a double-edged sword. It may does help the government get more information about terrorist organizations and then protect United States. But this act also restricts people’s freedom. The privacy of U.S citizens seems being invaded in some ways. Shouldn’t the government also protect their citizen’s rights at the same time? Because I know the United States is a country which respects human rights. Therefore, my question arises: is there any changes on this act could make this act works better with considering more about human rights?