Electronic surveillance has become a controversial practice in the United States and elsewhere. The fear is that civil liberties can be jeopardized by unregulated interception of telephone conversations, e-mail, and fax transmissions. Detractors argue that government use of these technologies can conceivably move well beyond legitimate application against threats from crime, espionage, and terrorism. Absent strict protocols to rein in these technologies, a worst-case scenario envisions state intrusions into the everyday activities of innocent civilians. Should this happen, critics foresee a time when privacy, liberty, and personal security become values of the past.
1. Is it sometimes necessary to sacrifice a few freedoms to protect national security and to ensure the long-term viability of civil liberty?'
2. How should new technologies be regulated? Can they be regulated?
3. How serious is the threat from abuses in the use of new technologies?
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A Critique of the Proposed National Education Policy Reform
Electronic surveillance has become a controversial practice in the U.docx
1. Electronic surveillance has become a controversial practice in
the United States and elsewhere. The fear is that civil liberties
can be jeopardized by unregulated interception of telephone
conversations, e-mail, and fax transmissions. Detractors argue
that government use of these technologies can conceivably
move well beyond legitimate application against threats from
crime, espionage, and terrorism. Absent strict protocols to rein
in these technologies, a worst-case scenario envisions state
intrusions into the everyday activities of innocent civilians.
Should this happen, critics foresee a time when privacy, liberty,
and personal security become values of the past.
1. Is it sometimes necessary to sacrifice a few freedoms to
protect national security and to ensure the long-term viability of
civil liberty?'
2. How should new technologies be regulated? Can they be
regulated?
3. How serious is the threat from abuses in the use of new
technologies?
