The document discusses the USA PATRIOT Act, which was passed after the September 11th terrorist attacks. It broadly expanded law enforcement surveillance and investigative powers, which many saw as a threat to civil liberties. The document also provides definitions of security and liberty, where security means protection from harm for people or assets, and liberty refers to freedom from oppressive restrictions or imprisonment imposed by authority on one's behavior or political views.
2. The U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT broadly expands law
enforcement’s surveillance and investigative powers
and represents one of the most significant threats to
civil liberties privacy and democratic traditions in
U.S. history
Security is the degree of resistance to, or protection
from, harm. It applies to any vulnerable and valuable
asset, such as a person, dwelling, community, nation,
or organization.
Liberty is the state of being free within society from
oppressive restrictions imposed by authority on one’s
behaviour or political views not being imprisoned or
enslaved
3. Questions to review
1)I feel safety in my house because I'm in company of my
parents and no one can enter to my house without my
permission
2) On 11/09/2000 were a series of four coordinated
terrorist attacks launched by the Islamic terrorist group al-
Qaeda upon the United States in New York City and the
Washington, D.C. metropolitan area,The destruction of
the Twin Towers and other properties caused serious
damage to the economy of Lower Manhattan and had a
significant effect on global markets. This awful event
change how people felt because they knew how life can be
end in just a few seconds
4. 3)People felt deception, horrified, shocked, they cannot
believe what was happening at the world trade center, but
they were very soldiery with the people that were affected
in this event
4)The dministration of the US declared a war on
terrorism, with the stated goals of bringing Osama bin
Laden and al-Qaeda to justice and preventing the
emergence of other terrorist networks.
5) USA fights against Afghanistan and Iraq in a war of
terrorism because the attacks of the twins towers
6) The USA attacked Afghanistan because After the
September 11th attack on New York City and the
Pentagon, the Bush administration delivered an
ultimatum to the Taliban leadership in Afghanistan,
demanding that they either hand over Saudi-born
dissident Osama bin Laden, or face attack by the United
States
5. 7) Iraq was invaded by the United States mainly
because it was a threat to Israel.
9) The bombing in Boston's marathon on April 15,
2013
10) The FBI took over investigation, released
photographs and surveillance video of two suspects
identified as Dzhokhar and Tamerlan Tsarnaev