The Unconstitutionality of The NSA

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This paper’s focus is to enlighten the reader upon the actions undertaken by part of the National Security Agency concerning its activities dealing with espionage and mass surveillance of United States citizens and foreign officials of our allied countries. It will be the purpose of this paper to inform the reader on how these activities are a blatant violation of Constitutional rights, foreign law, and the personal rights of every citizen of the United States and how these activities should be stopped on the basis that they are wrong, unfounded, unconstitutional, and go against the very orders and directives that the NSA has been given.
The National Security Agency, or NSA for short, is a governmental institution; home to the government’s code breakers and code makers, it is dedicated to the delivery of critical information to the government and its agencies. This agency also provides various services and products, such as monitoring and surveillance programs, to the Defense Department, government agencies such as the CIA or FBI, and various coalition partners, including foreign Intelligence Agencies. (About NSA) The NSA’s official mission statement is for them to confront and prevent foreign adversaries or enemies of the State from gaining access to sensitive information through the use of SIGINT (Signals Intelligence) which collects and processes the obtained information and uses it for counterintelligence operations and disseminates it to the respective agencies. As stated in their official website the NSA also enables “Network Warfare” operations which it says are used to combat terrorist attacks while maintaining the integrity, and respect necessary, towards the law and the rights of every citizen of the United States. (The ...

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