Personal Privacy Vs National Security

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National Security Vs Personal Privacy
The United States government wiretapping citizens is not a new thing, in fact in 1940 ‘The Security Intelligence Section of U.S. Naval Communications famously intercepted communication directed to the Japanese embassy in Washington shortly before Pearl Harbor’ (Socolow). Again after September 11, the post 9/11 Patriot Act was put to use and citizen’s phone records were pulled for NSA surveillance. What I want to know is why, why do we as people wait until it’s too late to do what is best for our country?
The first thing people jump to when they hear that the government wants to screen their emails or phones is that it goes against the 4th amendment and they are absolutely right, but a lot of those people

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