without a warrant is suspicious and not a freedom Canadian’s should give up easily. As the law currently stands, secret information collected can still be used in court to prosecute suspected terrorists; the difference here remains in CSIS’ capacity to act on this secret information they have collected. This extended power could be so easily misused and result in unfair national security
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Breaking Bad Was Realistic Breaking Bad Was Realistic Perhaps some of what was written in Breaking Bad was over kill. A story of an average now middle class family, with a full time mother, and a father that works two jobs, goes haywire. Walter discovers that he can cook meth and make more money in a short time than he could in a full career as a chemistry teacher. Setting a dollar amount on his new career choice, telling himself he will quit when he reaches that amount
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and Access) Amendments (data Retention) Act, 2015, passed by the Federal Parliament, will strengthen national security.’ Evaluate this claim with regard to the strengths and limitations of the law reform process. Metadata has become a huge issue in 2015 and topic to much legal debate. It is described as ‘data about data’ in simple terms but has many other complex definitions. The Data Retention Act, more formally known as the Telecommunications amendment Act 2015 was passed in parliament on March
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Freedom versus security is a major issue we have when constructing new laws dealing with national security. Where should the line be drawn and when do our freedoms and rights as American citizens go under fire due to terrorist paranoia? After reading David Haynes’s “ Liberty vs. security: An old debate renewed in the age of terror” I felt highly upset discovering I was being spied through my IPhone in high school. The National Security Agency conducted a mass eavesdropping operation which allowed
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introduced the Telephonic Communications (Interception) Act 1960 (Cth) to protect individual’s privacy by illegalising the interception of telecommunication systems. The purpose of this laws have shifted as it now aims to protect society as a whole and disregarding the implied rights of individuals. This Act and other legislations governing the interception of telecommunications were replaced in 1979, with the Telecommunications (interception and access) Act 1979 (Cth) to incorporate
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Physical security is becoming more important than civil liberties. Especially in regards to the war on terrorism. Terrorist use the threat of violence to support their ideological purposes. Therefore I believe that if captured, the United States must get information from them by any means necessary. Getting information from terrorists could prevent a lot of deaths of innocent people. It is very difficult to balance the security and liberty of captives when terrorism is involved. Getting information
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Many people may counter these reasons why it is unconstitutional to wiretap citizens, because they believe that the government should have the power to use a wiretap method without permission because they could be listening to terrorist attack plans before they even occur and cease them. They use the claim that citizens will feel more protected and safer in the nation. Therefore, if the president of the United States wants to put a wiretap on someone, why can he not go through the legal way and order
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have as much privacy as they used to. Phone calls, texts, emails are being recorded for safety purposes. Technology has improved. Law enforcement uses high, new technology. Before 9/11 things were different, people weren’t recorded without suspicious acts. For safety purposes the people in United States gave up some of their rights. Travel record is huge and airports have all kind of different scanners and cameras. In general, law enforcement has more control over the people and their daily activities
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Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: The Pros and Cons of Section 703. The FISA Act was created to govern the gathering of foreign intelligence. In 1952, President Thurman established the National Security Agency within the department of defense. The NSA is the premiere signals intelligence agency. In the United States Intelligence Community, agency efforts are channeled through the Director of National Intelligence (DNI). The American intelligence community works closely with foreign intelligence
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