Terrorism And Its Effects On The United States - 1776 Words

Preventing Terrorism in the United States is a hard thing to overcome, but the government is trying their best to control and prevent terrorist attacks from happening. â€Å"The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001, were a turning point in American history and demonstrated that the government must have the authority necessary to defend against future attacks, including the right to use the best technology to intercept potentially conspiratorial communications (Jacobs and Newton 1). Having advanced technologies in the United States can prevent Terrorism from happening. Terrorism must be overcome and be eliminated. The government of the United States will do this by having updated, and more advanced security around high populated places such†¦show more content†¦Supporters of the surveillance program argued that wiretaps are a necessary tool for preventing terrorist activity. Some argue that the current process of judicial review and oversight is obsolete given the nature of the terrorist threat, and that the president has been forced to engage in aggressive measures to ensure national security (Jacobs and Newton 2). The first ever used wiretap in the United States was invented before the telephone. Law enforcement started eavesdropping on telegraph communications in the 1860s. Several states made it illegal to â€Å"eavesdrop† on other peoples telegraph communications. Telephones and wiretapping was common in the United States by the 1890s. Some of the media criticized the government for allowing wiretapping without permission. Phon e companies stopped helping authorities with wiretapping because they didn t like how they were using it. Most states banned the wiretapping while other states needed a court approval before they could wiretap telephones. Furthermore, the US Constitution includes no express right to privacy. In order to invoke the right to privacy under the Fourth Amendment, a US citizen must demonstrate a reasonable expectation of privacy. However, the NSA s collection of telephone metadata and monitoring of Internet activity do not interfere with US citizens reasonable expectations of privacy. Because individuals rely on a third party (such as the telephone company or Internet service provider)