Essay - Wire-tapping, Computer Privacy, and Cell Phones in the Age of...

wire-tapping, computer privacy, and cell phones in the age of terrorism

***** paper presents a detailed discussion about wire-tapping, computer privacy, ***** cell ***** in the context ***** the age of terrorism that America finds itself entrenched in. The writer explores the capabilities as well as ***** possibilities when it comes to the maintenance or invasion of privacy in these venues.

FREEDOM VS SAFETY AND EVERYTHING IN BETWEEN America is known throughout the world as the land of the free. The Un*****ed States Constitution lays out the protected freedoms of Americans more clearly than any other constitution in the *****. The freedoms and the protection ***** privacy ***** th***** country is something that millions of immigrants flock ***** take part in each year as *****y start their life anew in the United States of America. Follow*****g the events ***** 9-11 however, a nervous eye has been cast in the direction of privacy issues. Wire tapp*****g, listening in on cell phone conversations and using those conversations in court, ***** email ***** have all come under scrutiny. Before the attacks on the World Trade Center ***** answer was very clear concerning privacy in ***** areas. Now it is not so ***** and people as well as government agencies are struggling to figure ***** where the line ***** that will ********** for additional safety precautions without violating the constitution. It is a ***** ***** is not ***** clear as it once w***** ***** the nation grapples with finding the right balance of providing safety to its residents *****out ***** *****ir right to privacy.

The ***** of the ***** States of America provides amendments to deal with issues of personal *****s and ***** privacy. Several amendments can be applied to ***** issue of ***** via cell *****, ***** use ***** wire tapping. Those who are against any form of interference or surveillance of a person*****l conversation cited the first, fourth and fifth amendment as ***** protections that should prevent any ***** from *****ing upheld in a court of law.

***** addition to the constitutional privacy based ***** there is also the consideration of the Privacy Act and ***** ECPA that can be used as a shield. However following the ***** in Septem*****r the ***** ***** has a ***** lenient view of what ***** and should not be allowed in the name of privacy when it comes to such surveillance. The ***** amendment protects ***** citizen ***** unreasonable search ***** seizure, which m***** believe expand to include email conversations as well as ***** phone discussions. The ***** ***** allows for a right to re*****sonable privacy with which to conduct lives and have a re*****sonable expectation that ***** is said within the context ***** such ***** should remain outside ***** jurisdiction of wire *****, computer spying or cell phone surveillance.

In recent years ***** have ***** many controversial debates as well ***** court cases regarding the privacy ***** stated here within. The courts are currently taking each situation on a case by case basis. It is