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Government Surveillance and Patriot Act

Introduction

Security and safety in the country in number priority of the intelligent service of every

country. To maintain top-level security, the government has put several measures to control and

check all the country's information. In the process of ensuring the country is secured, the

country’s intelligent service may go overboard or act within the law to spy on its citizen's private

life (Powers 2017). After watching a video about surveillance and Edward Snowden, several

take-homes that the article is going to discuss in depth.

Edward Snowden is a computer guru and former CIA employee who served as a

system administrator. His case is a controversial one, with many people condemning him and, in

equal measures, several people appreciating him for bravery. Edward Snowden, in 2013 was

accused of causing security threats by leaking several confidential government documents to the

press on an existing exercise by the government of conducting surveillance program (Van Vleetn

2017). Edward's action was supported by many experts who argued that the government was

violating the privacy act by conducting secrete surveillance on people. In the same manner of

zeal, the experts who opposed Edward's action argued that his actions amounted to treason by

breaking the Espionage Act of 1917.

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Government surveillance means monitoring activities, behaviour, or even information

by influencing, gathering, and managing information. Surveillance by the government is

supported by the Patriot Act, which gave the American government surveillance on American

citizens. Consequently, by the provisions of the Patriot Act (the USA patriot act is an act of the

united states congress that was signed into law by U.S. president George w. Bush on October 26,

2001.), government surveillance is legal (Powers 2017). Government surveillance has, for many

reasons, proved to be effective. For instance, since making it a law, the united state has not

witnessed any major terrorist attacks. The activity has proved to be useful in gathering intelligent

information about an imminent danger.

The National Security Surveillance Act is one congressional law enacted to provide

procedure and reviews of electronic surveillance. The act is similar to that of the Military

Commissions Act of 2006, which allow the government to carry out intelligent spy on people

and gather the information that may be offensive or perilous to the country's security

(Coddington 2017). The act is the constitution and is thus considered legal; it is supported by one

law and several security laws enacted by congress. Politically, the legality and the illegality of

The National Security Surveillance Act is a debatable issue based on whose interest it serves.

The National Security Surveillance Act, the Military Commission Act of 2006, and

the Patriotic Act of 2001 are all laws that allow the U.S government to conduct surveillance on

American citizens. The government is permitted to carry out surveillance on its citizens for

security purposes and gather information to that effect (Coddington 2017). However, the

surveillance activity may breach citizens' freedoms and rights, such as the right to privacy. In

cessation, when one is targeted for government surveillance, the best action to take is to permit

the government to carry out the activity since it is constitutional. However, when one feels

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Surname 1 Student’s name Professor Course Date Government Surveillance and Patriot Act Introduction Security and safety in the country in number priority of the intelligent service of every country. To maintain top-level security, the government has put several measures to control and check all the country's information. In the process of ensuring the country is secured, the country’s intelligent service may go overboard or act within the law to spy on its citizen's private life (Powers 2017). After watching a video about surveillance and Edward Snowden, several take-homes that the article is going to discuss in depth. Edward Snowden is a computer guru and former CIA employee who served as a system administrator. His case is a controversial one, with many people condemning him and, in equal measures, several people appreciating him for bravery. Edward Snowden, in 2013 was accused of causing security threats by leaking several confidential government documents to the press on an existing exercise by the government of conducting surveillance program (Van Vleetn 2017). Edward's action was supported by many experts who argued that the government was violating the privacy act by con ...
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