National Security in the Expense of Liberties, USA
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From September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, the United States of America has made tremendous efforts in securing the country (Deflem & McDonough, 2015). To ensure a secure nation, the American government has put measures that have limited the liberties of its citizens
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To maintain security measures, there exist areas that American citizens have fewer expectations of privacy rights. Fewer expectations of privacy rights also stem out when the government and security agencies employ technology to observe and identify individuals, keeping a watch of their locations and, at times, their behaviors and private life undertakings (Lowe, 2016). There are warrantless searches of containers, vehicles, and bags in public places and entries without permission by surveillance officers to private homes, schools, and churches (Lowe, 2016). Moreover, the aftermath of the September 2001 terrorist attacks has resulted in warrantless surveillance of international telephone and communication through email between the United States residents and individuals abroad suspected of terror groups.
In my own assessment, the government has taken away the American citizen’s liberties inappropriately. The unwarranted searches in people’s homes and churches and vehicles and trains deprive the Americans of their liberties and are in breach of their constitutional rights (Lowe, 2016). The excess surveillance meted on individual’s private communications limits their rights of association; thus, in my own taking is in excess in favor of national security measures (Deflem & McDonough, 2015). The police department has resorted to conducting their own invasion in the name of surveillance, making the whole process a total breach of human rights and is more than the government intends to ensure national security.
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Deflem, M., & McDonough, S. (2015). The fear of counterterrorism: surveillance and civil liberties since 9/11. Society, 52(1), 70-79.
Lowe, D. (2016). Surveillance and international terrorism intelligence exchange: Balancing the interests of national security and individual liberty. Terrorism and political violence, 28(4), 653-673.
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