Following the 9/11 attacks and the adoption of the USA Patriot Act (Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act) and the extension to the Act signed by President Obama in 2011, the American government acquired vast new powers to promote security here and abroad.
Our theme for Constitution Day 2013 is to pause and reflect on the trade offs that you as an individual or that we as a people ought to be willing to make in the name of greater security. Should email be opaque to the eyes of government agents? Your credit card info? Your driving habits? Banking practices? How much public surveillance are you comfortable with?
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Hmmm, so it that privacy is important enough that no one is willing to share public thoughts? Or is it that the software and page layout make it difficult to see how to add thoughts to the thread?
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