Spying
has been a regular part of government work for centuries. But, due to the
advances in technology, spying is no longer limited to informants and
undercover agents. Love him or hate him, Edward Snowden has opened up the
discussion on the morality of how far a government should go to spy on its own
people for the sake of protecting them. While he is in essence a whistleblower
and a thief, he's also done what he's seen as “the right thing to do.” This has
led to widespread coverage of what the FBI, CIA, and NSA do at home and abroad.
The latest blow to the program came from a federal court judge, ruling the
NSA's spying program to be unconstitutional. He supported his case by saying
that the NSA's data collection has yet to stop an attack. This negative coverage is the last thing
the NSA wants, but we as a society must take a serious look at the
repercussions of such strain on the Fourth Amendment.
In
response to major terrorist incidents like 9/11, most governments have opted to
keep an eye on their own citizens for threats that may exist. But the major
question is if the government actually has to collect data on every single
person who has a phone or access to internet service. With the NSA's current
system, they have the ability to find an individual's phone and track internet
usage if they happen to be persons of interest. This seemingly unchecked power
has left many angry at the fact that the government has the ability to disregard
privacy laws for the “greater good.” This coverage has been so negative that
other countries have been looking into their own spy agencies to confirm that
they aren't doing the same.
So much
negative coverage is literally going to drive this program into the ground if
the NSA doesn't agree to make some changes. In fact, there is so much negative
coverage I find myself wondering whether the NSA has been criticized too much.
There are ways to alter the program so it doesn't record everything but continues
to maintain some semblance of security. This would probably include making all
cases, excluding ones with obvious terrorist ties, temporary and deleted after
a certain time. This problem can be fixed.
While the
NSA has been rightly put under scrutiny, it's overreach is not unsolvable. If
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problem, you shouldn't have to go it alone.
Jonathan
Wong,
Creative
Writer,
Matthew
Shaffer,
Editor-in-Chief,