Warrantless Wiretapping Sara Rudman Julie Sugarman Louise Matthiesen

What is it? When “the government can monitor every single phone call that London is making to you in Washington, D.C., to any of the viewers at home.... They can listen to every single international call that you make or receive, every that you write, and that you receive, in complete and total secrecy." - Glenn Greenwald, constitutional lawyer, as heard on C-SPAN's Washington Journal

More Intro FISA (Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act) USA Patriot Act 4 th Amendment

Pros Cons Can keep track of terrorists/foreign activity Respond quicker to terrorist threats Violates the rights of the people

American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) National security not an excuse People deserve privacy and freedom of speech Surveillance laws were abused and are unconstitutional

Feb 09

Political Parties Parties to the left - our rights than the national security Parties to the right - national security than our rights

Republican party “Although our country has thwarted new terrorist attacks since 2001, those threats do persist. That is why our reform of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act was so vital, and why the Democrats' opposition to it was so wrong.” (2008 Republican platform)

Libertarian policy Rejects that warrantless wiretapping is essential to United States security

The Democrats “We support constitutional protections and judicial oversight on any surveillance program involving Americans. We reject illegal wiretapping of American citizens, wherever they live.”

Recently March Chief judge Vaughn Walker ruled the government acting illegal with wiretapping phone calls NSA wiretapped phonecalls of the Islamic charity-based organization in 2004 Violated FISA

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