SOC 105 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Endangerment, Government Communications Headquarters, Patriot Act
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9/8/16 the surveillance state and eroding civil liberties. Uniting and strengthening america by providing appropriate tools required to. Intercept and obstruct terrorism act allowed the government to: Secretly search phone, internet, and health, financial, and student records. It is perceived by some as a contradiction of the wars we are fighting. Under bush doctrine, usa has conducted military campaigns to liberate. Afghans and iraqis and bring democracy to the greater middle east . Government actions have restricted civil liberties that are the foundation of the constitution and democracy. Research suggests that surveillance breeds fear and conformity; limits free expression. Drop in wikipedia traffic to privacy-sensitive articles (any that many seem problematic) Users were also less likely to google terms that they thought would get them in trouble with the government (bombs, al qaeda) Little evidence suggests that domestic surveillance leads to thwarting terrorist attacks. Out of 227 al qaeda people or groups charged with terrorism in the us since.
