Category Archives: Privacy

I just finished watching “Spying on the home front” and I thought that it was very interesting because the documentary took into account the many perspectives of the different aspects of security needed and the effect that security has on the average Joe. I think the fact that the security team of the hotels were denying access to the FBI about every customer is outrageous because after 9/11 we heard about all the different government agencies talking about “what we could have done” with the information that they had.  This documentary shows that the government needs to have access to all the information it needs in times when there is a imminent threat. Something like hotel security should not be able to stop the FBI.  Video #5 also shows that people who use the fourth amendment as a reason why the government should not have records on them is absolutely wrong because the government has the right to every bit of information.  This is because the terror threat can be anywhere and it can be any one and the fact that the couple interviewed said they are not terrorists because their names don’t seem terrorist names is simply ignorant because there could easily be a person who steals a person’s identity and uses an American name and be a terrorist because not all terrorists are named          Mohammed.  In conclusion I believe that the government is doing what it needs to, to keep us safe and people seem to be over sensitive either way because if the government does what it needs to, people cry about the fact that their privacy is invaded and when the government tries to live by the people’s guidelines events like 9/11 happen so I think the government should do what they need to because they are using the information to catch terrorists not use it to incarcerate fellow Americans.