International Insecurity and the Use of Force

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International Insecurity and the Use of Force

The Media, the People, and Public Opinion

There are numerous interest groups who are against the data collection processes of the National Security Agency. While reviewing articles, Reitman wrote, “ Today, a bipartisan coalition of 86 civil liberties organizations and internet companies – including Electronic Frontier Foundation, reddit, Mozilla, Freedom Works and the American Civil liberties Union – are demanding swift action from Congress in light of the recent revelations about unchecked domestic surveillance”(Reitman, 2013, p. 1). These groups were not satisfied with the way the NSA was legally allowed to collect surveillance data and storage without more accountability as well as notification given to the public. After September 11th attacks in the US, the FBI, CIA, and other federal agencies stated working together to share intelligence. The NSA became a part of this intelligence sharing groups and these agencies had an improved system for terrorism Intel.

The international actors include NATO. Their efforts are always related to peacekeeping efforts and use of force after all other efforts had been exhausted. NATO members were concerned to learn what information was collected on them and when it could be possibly be used against them. The United Nations is another transnational actor. The UN has established regulations for all members to follow and the NSA intelligence gathering techniques were not a part of the UN charter.

Public opinion has run strong against the NSA and its data collection methods. They felt it was an invasion of their privacy and big brother should not be a part of every aspect of their life. Public opinion has grave concerns regarding the storage of...

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...ment between Congress and the President of the United States.

References

Birkland, T. A. (2011). An Introduction to the policy process: Theories, concepts, and models of public policy making (3rd Edition.). Armonk, New York: M.E. Sharpe.

Davidsen, D. (2014). Poll: Majority oppose nsa, obama’s address had little impact. Retrieved from http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/01/20/poll-majority-oppose-nsa-obamas-address-...

D’Anieri, P. (2014). International politics: Power and purpose in global affairs (3rd Edition). Boston, MA: Wadsworth.

Reitman, R. (2013). 86 Civil Liberties Groups and Internet Companies Demand an End to NSA Spying. Retrieved from https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/06/86-civil-liberties-groups-and-internet-companies-d...

Wilson, J. Q. (2009). American government brief version (9th Edition). Los Angeles, California: Wadsworth.

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