The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) is an Act of Congress passed in 1978 and signed by the then President Jimmy Carter. The Act stipulates the procedures to be followed when obtaining intelligence from foreign powers and agents of foreign powers both physically and electronically. ... In 2001, it was amended to involve groups and terrorist organizations not supported by foreign governments in an Act called the USA PATRIOT Act. ... This paper will analyze the provisions of The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act as well as the pro and cons that come along with it. ... These tri...

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"4 Both President Bush and President Obama to justify the targeted killing of individuals who supposedly belong to "terrorist organizations" in foreign nations where we are not engaged in official armed combat have exploited the broad wording in the resolution. ... The forces that "occupy" it today, foreign superpowers competing against ideological enemies, essentially shaped the development of the fragile the area in the era of colonialization. ... As it was flying back, the operator noticed a larger gathering of "military-aged males" in an area commonly i...

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By giving foreign terrorists the right to be tried in the American court system, provides them the same robust constitutional rights as a US citizen and public enemies of the state have never been afforded the protections of the Bill of Rights (Dehn 1). ... Foreign terrorists should be tried in a consistent manner and not haphazardly flip-flopped between military tribunals and US civilian courts. ... This attack provoked us to use military engagement and answer the call of war that Al Queda sent America. ... We are in fact responding with military action in their war and therefore we should co...

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In a cost analysis the attack on the World Trade Center has cost us billions of dollars, thousands of hours of human labor, multi-million dollar buildings, priceless loved ones, and vital businesses (counsel of foreign relations). ... The majority of government spending has gone to National Security and military offense. ... For good measure the military went on a rampage through Afghanistan to seek terrorists, but terrorists live all over the world. ... Until then we will remain stagnant and making little or no progress all because of terrorism and our knack for making bad foreign policy de...

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The second type of terrorism is International, which involves groups or individuals whose activities are foreign based and directed by countries outside the United States. ... A massive U.S. buildup attack on terror, It may be a new way, but the U.S. will still back its efforts with the world's strongest military muscle. ... The proximate source of this brand of hatred toward the America is U.S. foreign policy. ... Bin Laden, a Saudi, speaks out frequently against Israel, but for him the real problem is the U.S. troop presence in his country dating to the military buildup before the 19...

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When our country attacks the foreign powers that reign terror on the innocent people of other countries, it opens the terrorist's eyes to our vulnerability. ... America's Most Vulnerable Spot When our country attacks the foreign powers that reign terror on the innocent people of other countries, it opens the terrorist's eyes to our vulnerability. ... This allows them to be easily delivered against national populations and unprepared military forces. ... A hidden NBC attack could be carried out in peacetime or during wartime, and could target civilians, military forces, or b...

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Yet, rather than skirt the issue of any possible growth in terrorism as a consequence of military action, President Obama sought to face it head-on by speaking of the downside of non-engagement. ... A Buddhist would find it especially ridiculous that Obama wishes to use military force. ... The decision of whether or not to use military intervention in Syria thrust President Obama into a very difficult position. In his address to the UN General Assembly President Obama needed to strike a balance between doing nothing or threatening to take military action. ... By taking a more balanced approach...

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The law also creates new relationships between domestic criminal investigators and agents of foreign intelligence ("USA Patriot"). ... For instance, Title 215 allows the government "access to records and other items under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act" (Talanian). ... It states that "roving wiretaps" are now authorized to the government by the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (Talanian). ... Last year, Attorney General of the United States John Ashcroft asked the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to grant 1,228 surveillance and search warrants, a thirty-one percent i...

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However, thanks to section 218, which allows authorities to obtain foreign intelligence, and section 504, which allows authorities to perform physical searches and electronic surveillance for the purpose of public protection, the "Portland Seven" were arrested. ... Four men planned to bomb synagogues in New York, and to shoot down military planes at a nearby Air Force base. ... Yet another example of the PATRIOT Act stopping the smuggling of money to foreign places is the Alaa Al-Sadawi case. Al-Sadawi was a New Jersey man who had ties to foreign terrorist groups. ... All thanks to S...

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It claims that the vast ties among states have made it difficult to define true national interest, as well as question the usefulness of military power. ... Also, it explains how the use of military power is usually more consequential than beneficial. ... The liberals that do acknowledge terrorism state that it is a result of arrogant U.S. foreign policy, they believe that the best way to deal with it is good diplomacy, and captured terrorists should be handled by standard law and tried in civilian courts. Liberalism claims that relying on military force to fight and/or defeat terrorism is not...

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The Israeli military and police use torture and arrest to place the discourage the Palestinian people from free thought and the right to the democratic process. ... Doesn't the G7 claim that no excuse or exception for terrorism will be tolerated, yet Israel remains the largest recipient of American foreign aid which includes military aid. ... Israel's actions can be logically equated to being terrorism which leads to the question of whether American foreign policy is also a form of terrorism or not. ...

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Since the United States is the major military superpower, we are obligated to have a future global involvement in any conflicts that arise, whether or not we are affiliated with the UN at the time or not. ... In comparison the differences between domestic and foreign terrorism are not that widely separated. ... Another factor that is shared between the foreign terrorist and the domestic one it the need for financial backing, be it from benefactors or from an arm of the organization operation legitimate businesses. ... In contrast when a foreign organization is responsible, and the incident ...

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Thus far, "Canada already has a small group of Special Forces personnel providing advisory to the Iraqi military, in co-operation with the United States and six CF-18 fighters and one mid air refuller two Aurora reconnaissance aircraft, which will provide basic surveillance capacities " (Drexhage). ... Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird is supportive towards PM Harper's motion of Canada joining the Coalition formed by the US. ... Denmark has decided to participate in the airstrikes and Germany has decided not to, but is willing to support the Coalition in providing military advisors ...

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-Mexico border alone, and countless billions supplying the Mexican government with equipment to combat the cartels (Council on Foreign Relations, 2014). ... Illicit networks are challenging to states as states are militarily and diplomatically organized to deal with other States. ...

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"In Auschwitz we see a genocide in which racial hatred was virtually the one and only motive carried out in disregard of any economic, political or military consideration."... China soon came under threat from counter-revolutionaries backed by a foreign nation. ...

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