Thursday, November 5, 2009
RJA #12b: Presentation Plan
I am planning on presenting information on FISA, USA PATRIOT Act, SAFE act focusing on some of the more controversial issues like wiretapping, detention of foreign combatants and so on. There will be a few pictures I have already saved in preparation for my presentation that I need to properly format.
RJA #12a: Progress Report
I have completed my formal outline and need to start gathering all my sources together and put them in order for which I plan to use them. I believe I have enough sources and information saved on my delicious account and books have been obtained from the downtown library. I plan on gathering everything together and starting to write the paper this weekend. I plan on breaking it up into three parts where one time I work on introducing my topic and giving a bit of background information. Second I will talk about my reasons why I feel the way I do. Thirdly, I will give all the objections I could think of and refute them as well as conclude my paper.
Thursday, October 29, 2009
RJA #11b: Visual Aids
pictures of "ground zero"
pictures of Osama bin Laden
pictures of what could be government hackers at work
pictures of suspected terrorists caught in America
pictures of federal agents in a van listening to a conversation
pictures of Osama bin Laden
pictures of what could be government hackers at work
pictures of suspected terrorists caught in America
pictures of federal agents in a van listening to a conversation
RJA #11a: Introduction
The events of September 11th changed things drastically for the way we think about security in the United States. Before we considered ourselves relatively safe from attack because we are separated by two oceans from the rest of the world. The post 9/11 United States has made drastic efforts to ensure safety to its citizens and one of the ways the federal government is doing so is through electronic surveillance. Technology has provided us ways to communicate faster and better than ever before, however with these advancements enemies of the U.S. have been able to use them as well in order to accomplish their goals. Therefore, with ever evolving tactics being used against America, the government needs to evolve as well sometimes spying on its own citizens in order to protect itself. Civil rights groups, mainly the ACLU, say that domestic spying is unconstitutional. However it is my position that the government should be allowed to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails in order to better protect its citizens.
Research Journal Assignment #10b
Research question: Should the federal government be permitted to spy on its own citizens using wiretaps and hacking into e-mails?
Answer/thesis/claim: The Government should be permitted to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails.
Ethos: Most of the information that will be presented will be of my opinion made from researching different acts and laws constructed by state and federal legislatures. I also am a Senior majoring in Criminal Justice/Criminology and have prior information obtained on the subject.
Pathos: Nobody wants to be a victim of a crime, I will explain how this benefits them as a common citizen.
Logos: If this wasn't being done, hundreds if not thousands of Americans would have been seriously injured or dead because the government wasn't allowed to eavesdrop on calls or monitor e-mails of people in this country, citizens and non-citizens.
Reason 1: Recently, there was a suspected terrorist arrested in Boston that was planning on attacking a local mall, killing as many innocent bystandards as possible.
- warrant - The government would not have known about this without information gained from reading e-mails from the alleged perpitrator.
- evidence 1 - subjects laptop was taken into custody when federal agents searched the subjects dwelling.
Reason 2: It is in the name of national security, that includes protecting you
- warrant - If you have done nothing wrong, you shouldn't have to worry.
- evidence 1 - If somehow you are are mistaken for a threat for national security, they have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to your peers.
Answer/thesis/claim: The Government should be permitted to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails.
Ethos: Most of the information that will be presented will be of my opinion made from researching different acts and laws constructed by state and federal legislatures. I also am a Senior majoring in Criminal Justice/Criminology and have prior information obtained on the subject.
Pathos: Nobody wants to be a victim of a crime, I will explain how this benefits them as a common citizen.
Logos: If this wasn't being done, hundreds if not thousands of Americans would have been seriously injured or dead because the government wasn't allowed to eavesdrop on calls or monitor e-mails of people in this country, citizens and non-citizens.
Reason 1: Recently, there was a suspected terrorist arrested in Boston that was planning on attacking a local mall, killing as many innocent bystandards as possible.
- warrant - The government would not have known about this without information gained from reading e-mails from the alleged perpitrator.
- evidence 1 - subjects laptop was taken into custody when federal agents searched the subjects dwelling.
Reason 2: It is in the name of national security, that includes protecting you
- warrant - If you have done nothing wrong, you shouldn't have to worry.
- evidence 1 - If somehow you are are mistaken for a threat for national security, they have to prove it beyond a reasonable doubt to your peers.
Research Journal Assignment #10a
Question: Should the federal or local government be allowed to eavesdrop on telephone calls and e-mails of citizens inside the United States?
Precise claim: The Government should be permitted to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails.
Reasons/blueprint:
- This type of monitoring is being done in the name of national security.
- If you have nothing to hide than why should you care.
Complete thesis statement: The Government should be allowed to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails in order to better protect its citizens.
Precise claim: The Government should be permitted to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails.
Reasons/blueprint:
- This type of monitoring is being done in the name of national security.
- If you have nothing to hide than why should you care.
Complete thesis statement: The Government should be allowed to eavesdrop on electronic transfers of information whether it be telephone, text or e-mails in order to better protect its citizens.
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