Cyber-Surveillance and Civil Rights, science homework help

Cyber-Surveillance and Civil Rights

Following the terrorist attacks of
9/11, the USA PATRIOT Act was passed to provide police and government agencies
greater powers in the areas of surveillance, search, and seizure. The USA
PATRIOT Act amends several federal statutes and legal definitions, and expands
domestic intelligence-gathering authority. Many have argued that the broadening
of police powers violates the fundamental civil right to privacy. Others have
argued that the USA PATRIOT Act does not violate the right to privacy. Some
argue still that the USA PATRIOT Act is not stringent enough based on the fact
that U.S. citizens, treated differently from foreign visitors under the law,
also have committed terrorist attacks.

For this Discussion, consider whether
or not cyber-surveillance utilized by the government based on the USA PATRIOT
Act violates civil rights of individuals.

Post by Day 2 an explanation of whether or not
cyber-surveillance utilized by the government based on the USA PATRIOT Act
violates civil rights of individuals. Include in your argument whether national
security should or should not supersede individual civil rights.

One and a half page with at least two references….

It is important that you cover all the topics identified in the
assignment. Covering the topic does not mean mentioning the topic BUT
presenting an explanation from the readings for this class

To get maximum points you need to follow the requirements listed for
this assignments 1) look at the page limits 2) review and follow APA rules
3) create subheadings to identify the key sections you are presenting and
4) Free from typographical and sentence construction errors.

Readings

• Course Text: Taylor,
  R. W., Fritsch, E. J., & Liederbach, J. (2015). Digital crime and
  digital terrorism. (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson.
• Chapter 10,
  “Digital Laws and Legislation” (review)
• Article: Bloss, W. P.
  (2009). Transforming US police surveillance in a new privacy paradigm. Police
  Practice and Research, 10(3), 225–238.
      
• Article: Diffie, W.,
  & Landau, S. (2009). Communications surveillance: Privacy and security
  at risk. Communications of the ACM, 52(11), 42–47.
      
• Article: Ebenger, T.
  (2007). The USA PATRIOT Act: Implications for private e-mail. Journal
  of Information Technology & Politics, 4(4), 47–64.
      
• Article: Shamsi, H.,
  & Abdo, A. (2011). Privacy and surveillance post-9/11. Human
  Rights, 38(1), 5–9.
      
• Article: Young, M. D.
  (2011). Electronic surveillance in an era of modern technology and
  evolving threats to national security. Stanford Law & Policy
  Review, 22(1), 11–39.
      

• Article: Funk, W.
  (2007). Electronic surveillance of terrorism: The intelligence/law
  enforcement dilemma—a history. Lewis & Clark Law Review, 11(4),
  1099–1139.
      
• Article: Sheppard, N.
  (2009, December 14). The government is monitoring Facebook and Twitter
  [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://newsbusters.org/blogs/noel-sheppard/2009/12/14/government-monitoring-facebook-twitter