Arguments Against Government Surveillance

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Some scholars view surveillance as a good thing, no matter if the privacy of Americans is invaded or not. In his article “Privacy and the Surveillance Explosion”, Timothy Mack states, “however, public acceptance of surveillance has risen in the United States, and the rate of approval for public surveillance cameras continues to rise (now around 70%) (Mack, pg 2). This may be true for some, but one man cannot speak for the masses. The average American is angry about their privacy being invaded and calls the government to take action to stop the NSA from spying. (Nicks, pg 3). The American people believe that the NSA has too much power and that some of this power needs to be taken back.
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The first, and major step that citizens and politicians need to make it the appeal to more courts. The courts would have no choice but to listen to the people and look into the allegations and make rulings accordingly. (Price, pg 2). The next step would be for politicians who are against the NSA’s conduction of surveillance, to put pressure on the NSA and the government to stop the unlawful eavesdropping. The final step would be for the politicians to come together and based on the need, configure a new plan to conduct homeland security that does not involve invasion into American …show more content…

(Gentle, 2011). Though this provision can have some benefit to it, for example, keeping terrorist behind bars, it also hurts the American citizens, particularly when the police take action against innocent people. The American people once had the right to assembly, but since the Patriot Act was enacted, rights like these have been abolished. Police, and other law enforcement agencies have the right to take anyone into custody that they see as a threat to the American people. One understands this to be terrorist actions, not someone who is taking a video on their phone. So even if they believe they are helping America, they are actually hurting it by taking away more of their rights and

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