In summer 2013, a young person called Edward Snowden made the most significant leak of secrets in modern history. ... Thus, the US government and the companies involved in the spying share a negative view about Snowden and consider him a traitor. ... They all share the same opinion that Snowden deserves better than a life of exile as he left his luxurious life in Hawaii, his salary of two hundred thousand dollar, and his girlfriend in order to reveal the abuses of his company for the entire world. They also share the hope that United States government offers him clemency and allows him to ret...

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He had seen a nation divided, thousands of soldiers killed, families broken, and a sense of pride that Americans once shared shattered. ... According to Our Secret Constitution, How Lincoln Redefined American Democracy, by George Fletcher, Lincoln created a "Secret Constitution" in addition to the one created in 1786 by the founding fathers, through his actions. ...

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The government has also closed once-public immigration hearings, and has secretly detained hundreds of people without charges. ... This means that information shared with an attorney is no longer privileged, it can be used against the individual or more importantly, to combat terrorism. ...

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One of the most fundamental provisions of the Act was Section 203 (b) and (d) that necessitated the sharing of intelligence between security agencies (Larry and Godoy 2006). This provision was the base at which the Act seeks to eliminate the hurdles that stopped government agencies from sharing information obtained from criminal investigation and questioning. ... This information was however not shared between these organizations, leading to the terrorists hijacking planes and ramming them into significant buildings in the country. ... The FBI is expected to get a court authority secretly by ...

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The civilian court system mandates a sharing of information between the legal counsels for the plaintiff and the defendant. ... The Classified Information Procedure Act, once used sparingly in foreign intelligence cases, is now invoked routinely to keep key evidence secret from defendants and their attorney, thus hampering their ability to confront the most sensitive evidence against them (Bartosiewicz 2). ...

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Also, the FBI's domestic intelligence operations have been strengthened by the CIA's information sharing, helping the U.S. to capture the Al Queda "mastermind" of the September 11th attacks, Khalid Sheikh Mohammed ("Terrorist"). ... Not only may these wiretaps be authorized secretly, but also they can be used on anyone that the government feels could be a terrorist suspect (Talanian). ... I often suspect this bill has less to do with the beloved "war on terrorism" than it does with secretly spying on American citizens. ...

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This spying was under secret for four years, only known by Congress, the Executive Branch, and the New York Times. ... According to the NSA, the country has 70 fusion centers, state and local government offices which are the ones that collect, analyze, gather, share, and alert any threaten information. ... "In this case, Bush didn't have a warrant for conducting his secret surveillance. ...

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In other words the government has the ability and legal right to weaken any secure private network by installing a secret pathway into a private system and accessing that system with its own password. ... For instance you may find that your representative and you may share the passions or interest for issues that's related to your overall issue. ...

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However, the Supreme Court was incorrect with their ruling because they took a loose interpretation of the separation of church and state, when they should have taken a stricter interpretation because by stating that there is a clear wall of separation between church and state affairs, a public school and a Catholic should not be sharing state money that was given by taxpayers, and therefore violates the Establishment Clause. ...

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For the first few years of Constitutional government, under the leadership of George Washington, there was a unity, commonly called Federalism that even James Madison (the future architect of the Republican Party) acknowledged in describing the Republican form of government-- " And according to the degree of pleasure and pride we feel in being republicans, ought to be our zeal in cherishing the spirit and supporting the character of Federalists." Although legislators had serious differences of opinions, political unity was considered absolutely essential for the stability of the nation. Politi...

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The Information Age: An Exploitation of Privacy Personal privacy and the right to personal privacy have not always been sought after individuals. The concept of having privacy in one's personal life is a relatively new concept and one that has strong roots in early American settlements. Accordin...

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History 185 Test #2 04-01-03 The seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, the era that paved the way for the creation of our modern day governments and societies, was an era of political and social revolutions. In response to the new thinking that was sparked by the Enlightenment, Romanticis...

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