Persuasive Essay On Government Spying

“Everyone is connected. Everyone is vulnerable.” Despite the 21st century 's myriad of beneficial technological advances, this same technology has been being used against us; most of us have access to the internet whether via smartphones, tablets, and/or computers which the government can use to spy on us. The government has told us that, under the Foreign Surveillance Act they would strictly spy on only those who are likely to be terrorists, but they have admitted that was a lie and admitted that they have been spying on everyone, violating both the First and Fourth Amendments (i.e. our privacy without our consent ). And after telling the “truth”, they have set off a chain of lies each time admitting what they previously said was wrong.

But what about the other eighty-one percent of Americans? Why don’t they trust the government? The answer is simple. It is simply because of the web of deceit the government has spinned on the basis of the supposed “terrorist” spying; the government’s lies (i.e. under both the Bush and Obama administration) include but are not limited to: “We’re not collecting data on American citizens”, “Oops. We meant to say we are collecting metadata on all Americans”, “We’re not collecting emails and other private Internet messages from Americans”, “We 're not misusing the personal data that we do collect”, “Okay, our collection of data on Americans has been abused accidentally but never deliberately.” From this it is evident that we cannot even trust our own government. “Without trust, there is no faith. Without faith, there is no relationship. Without no relationship, there is no us. We need

would be “exceptionally vulnerable” (Head of FBI, Robert Mueller). But referring to the previous arguments against government spying (i.e. being in violation of our privacy, being illegal, and trust issues) why should we then let the government keep spying on us? Since 2001 up until now, that’s 15 years, spying has not only been done illegally to supposedly expose suspected “terrorists” it has done us no good; The Justice Department’s inspector general said that the “FBI agent’s can’t point to any major terrorism cases, they’ve cracked thanks” to the aforementioned government digital intrusions. It is simply a violation of one 's privacy which what every man, woman, and child should be entitled to in this country famed for “freedom” but unfortunately, this is not the