Section 702 permits for warrantless monitoring of communications among citizens in the US and in international countries. The law established in 2008 when George W. Bush’s has taken the presidency, was continued by the Obama government and is now set to terminate at the end of 2017 except Congress reauthorizes the terms a move the Trump administration supports.
Rebuttals to issues of monitoring often go something like this: ‘If you’ve got nothing to hide, then you shouldn’t be bothered.’ But a review of American story points to the same groups being routinely viewed on by the government: black and native bodies, foreigners, poor communities, and anybody considered as an “other” or a peril to national security. High-profile instances of surveilled prominent people include civil rights leaders Martin Luther King Jr. and Cesar Chavez, who were both observed by the FBI.
More lately, cities like Baltimore endured dragnet surveillance after opposing against the police murder of Freddie Gray. Black Lives Matter activists in Ferguson, Missouri became victims of surveillance. Muslim societies have long faced surveillance of their neighborhoods, mosques, and community leaders. If the past is any indicator, the net cast on those assumed of being threats to nation’s safety is vast also in a time where many of the nation is determined on opposing and dissenting, this puts significant of the country at risk of being surveilled. Furthermore, monitoring particularly permitted under 702 is nefariously concealed.
Take your time to comment on this article.