An article in The Guardian newspaper titled "The NSA collects millions of text messages daily in untargetted global sweep" has revealed the extent of the NSA surveillance and the lengths to which they will go to collect information. Read the text the link to which is below and decide where you stand in relation to the issue: should governments be given a free hand to harvest data in the current climate where thanks to technology, the threat of attack has quadruppled or should there be limits in the name of personal freedom? When you are ready, write a response essay. Here is the link; copy paste to activate:
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jan/16/nsa-collects-millions-text-messages-daily-untargeted-global-sweep
Below you will find the link to the modifications to NSA data gathering and storing of meta-data proposed by President Obama in a press conference on the 17th of January:
http://www.cnn.com/2014/01/17/politics/obama-nsa-changes/index.html?hpt=hp_inthenews
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