PUP-3002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 36: Patriot Act, United States Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, Telephone Tapping
5 Apr 2018
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Public opinion on security/civil liberty tradeoff (cid:862)those (cid:449)ho (cid:449)ould gi(cid:448)e up esse(cid:374)tial li(cid:271)erty to pur(cid:272)hase a little te(cid:373)porary safety deser(cid:448)e (cid:374)either li(cid:271)erty (cid:374)or safety. (cid:863) -benjamin franklin. Most members of society are willing to give this up, at least to some extent. The value attached to this decreases as perceived threat increases. Questio(cid:374): what (cid:373)ight (cid:271)e pro(cid:271)le(cid:373)ati(cid:272) a(cid:271)out the (cid:449)ord (cid:862)per(cid:272)eptio(cid:374). (cid:863) let(cid:859)s thi(cid:374)k about this with regard to the principal agent problem in democracies. Post 9/11 security moves: the usa patriot act. Uniting and strengthening america by providing appropriate tools required to. Intercept and obstruct terrorism act of 2001 (cid:862)removed the major legal barriers that prevented the law enforcement, intelligence, and national defense communities from talking and coordinating their work,(cid:863) a(cid:374)d increased punishments for those committing acts of terrorism. Nsl are subpoena (created in the 1970s) which enable the fbi to collect consumer information/records of suspected agents.
