Privacy advocate Robert Ellis Smith has described the cards as "a license to live." ... The government is able to abuse our rights by passing laws that makes it okay. ... It gave our government "power to invade our privacy, imprison people without meaningful due process, and punish dissent. ... "If lift unchallenged, these incursions could forever erase fundamental privacy and free speech rights." ... We also "must compel the attorney general to return to the people each privacy, 1st ...

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However, the PATRIOT Act, granted law enforcement and the government the ability to survey suspects and make sure we stay safe. ... If Law Enforcement had not been able to locate the victim, she would probably not be alive today, and there would be another criminal on the loose. ... People are very concerned with this one because they feel like their privacy is being violated. ... The next example is probably one of the most controversial topics in the privacy debate, internet use. ... The PATRIOT Act has allowed law enforcement to receive warrants that allow them to question anyone. ...

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They had to defund this program because it was raising privacy concerns and Congress was not watching over it or making sure they did not do anything that would be against privacy issues (Swartz). ... "Terrorists are smart enough to know that if 'Al' and 'Joe' are both known criminals, they cannot talk directly without attracting law enforcement's attention," said Nathan Hoskin, former data analysis for a variety of companies (qtd. in Sternstien). ... Privacy is something that everyone in our country should be able to have. If we feel we do not have privacy all i...

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However, some experts warn the vague manner in which this provision has been made could lead to abuse and violation of privacy. ... The second key role was to provide an avenue through which such terrorist would be tried according to international law. ... This information is personal and exposure of such information is a breach to personal privacy. ... The provision of the Act has created clear guidelines acceptable within the law on how to get intelligence and mount surveillance on suspected individuals. While the Act has been criticized for breaching personal privacy, it is fundamental to ...

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Congress has just passed a new law enabling law enforcement agencies to do just that. ... The law establishes a counter-terrorism fund. ... Jessie Choper, a constitutional-law professor at the University of California, Berkeley, states, "In the past, Congress has done much more in respect to privacy than the Constitution requires. ... She argues that the law limits individuals from making legitimate political protest. ... Law enforcement agencies need all the help they can get to tackle a seemingly insurmountable task. ...

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Terrorism is an anti-democratic, anti-law life style and our lifestyle makes us susceptible to terrorist attacks, which is the dispute for arguing, America's weak spot, and a good reason why the government should establish a national ID card system. ... Terrorism is an anti-democratic, anti-law life style and the freedoms Americans have makes them susceptible to terrorist attacks, which is the main argument, America's weak spot, and a good reason why the government should establish a national ID card system to keep potential terrorists out of our country. ...

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The law also creates new relationships between domestic criminal investigators and agents of foreign intelligence ("USA Patriot"). ... Many writers, both nationally and locally, are currently voicing concern that the Patriot Act could destroy the essential balance between national security and individual privacy rights guaranteed in the U.S. ... In the small north coast city of Arcata, California, resolutions have been passed urging local law enforcement officials to refuse requests made upon them under the Patriot Act, when they believe requests are in violation of an individual's civil...

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And lastly a freedom to act anyway you want to in public or in the privacy of your own home. ... Top law enforcement officials believe that associates of the hijackers remain tucked away in American communities. ...

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Law enforcement officers take courses for this program at Lackland Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas. ... Many people are worried of their privacy, but the LMSI has a 30-day policy and after footage is thr...

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