Furthermore, the NSA works as an intelligence agency which protects U.S. government communications and information systems. With that reason, the NSA collects American's communications to serve intelligence activities. President Obama stated that the NSA is an effective intelligence agency "The NSA is a useful tool to protect U.S. information systems and produce foreign intelligence information. It is also one of the most important centers of foreign language analysis and research within the government" ( Heavy Staff par. 15). ... If the NSA exposes everything it does, the NSA c...

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Under Ashcroft's direction Congress has passed several pieces of legislation, namely the USA Patriot Act, which amends the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act. ... The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act also widens the use of wiretaps by law enforcement officials. ... Under FISA, a secret court in Washington authorizes intelligence on suspected foreign agents. ... This resulted in much of the intelligence gathered being impossible for prosecutors to reach. ...

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Giving almost unlimited anti-privacy powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies, PATRIOT virtually eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused. ... Section 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be terrorist intelligence activities for a foreign power. ...

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Giving almost unlimited anti-privacy powers to domestic law enforcement and international intelligence agencies, PATRIOT virtually eliminates checks and balances that previously gave courts the opportunity to ensure that those powers were not abused. ... Section 102 states clearly that any information gathering, regardless of whether or not those activities are illegal, can be considered to be terrorist intelligence activities for a foreign power. ...

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Not only can this keep us safe, but we could give other allies the information we obtained to thwart threats abroad within the borders of our allies, which could foster the creation of a global intelligence community. ... Indeed, the NSA works "tirelessly " with other federal provisioned initiatives, including the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI),the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms (ATF) in order to protect our borders, while investigating and prosecuting any threats to the general welfare we've all grown accustomed to. ... A U.S Intell...

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This is possible for the NSA because they have their interpretation of the Patriot Act and the 4th Amendment, which was allowed by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. ... The NSA, on a request from the FBI, indiscriminately collected the telephone records of millions of US Verizon customers – regardless of whether they were suspected of wrongdoing -- under atop secret court order granted by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. ...

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On September 11, 2001 thousands of lives were lost as a result of the terrorist acts, yet millions were distressed by the infamous event. Americans experienced unfamiliar emotions, such as insecurity and fear. The Bush Administration exploited these intense emotions with the creation of the USA Pa...

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