The faced fire threats to establish the Bill of Rights, the British army marching on the Capitol, one of US greatest enemies with tens of thousands of missiles ready to be launched, worldwide fascism on the march, two World Wars fought at once, and Americans will give up their freedom just because a President decides to? The freedom of an entire nation, currently having approximately 317 million citizens, is being violated by their own Executive branch. The United States of America, the most powerful country, one of the superpowers, the most diverse country in the world, considered to have a stable and democratic government was disrespected by their own political leaders. .
Since Martin Luther King Jr.'s days of protest towards the benefits of the American citizens, he was wiretapped by the FBI for several years of his life. The FBI was able to know every single movement he said or made because they intercepted every type of communication he had. (McKenna and Feingold, 379) They started a campaign against him because the government thought it was a danger for the American people, but after he passed away, Luther even received a day to honor what he did for the nation. After he passed away, the Southern Christian Leadership Conference helped for Congress to come up with the Foreign Intelligence and Surveillance Act. It consisted of having a judge, before wiretapping, to verify that any special case being investigated like this, met the requirements in order to conduct the surveillance. This Act worked really well for a few decades, but then shocking news published by the New York Times, disrespected every American's freedom. .
After the attacks on 9/11, President G. Bush decided to establish a law that would be able to spy on every single American whichever mean of communication he wanted. This meant telephone calls, email messages, SMS, social media profiles, conversations online, etc.