National Security is Just another Example of America’s Juggling Act


The debate today is the balance between keeping America safe from terrorists to honoring the privacy of all Americans.  With the NSA now being exposed to have mined billions of data which can be considered extremely private by some are now being looked at as being only personal by many.  The questions now are how to and what would you call a real balance between the two.

For those who might think this is criminal and should be stopped immediately, the first question must be what do you have to hide?  Are you cheating on your wife or partner and wish not to be discovered?  Are you afraid that if you say anything negative about your government, you would soon be followed by the Men in Black or hear black helicopters? Or are you just an average person who feels that the government should be prohibited from mining your data without your permission?  What would you say if I told you that all the government receives are a group of phones numbers and no conversation which may be a completely different circumstance regarding possibly emails?  For those who say that this is no big deal, the first question is are you saying this because you voted for it several times before until today?  What would you say if I told you that not looking closely at the rules and laws you establish does not consider all options will be your political downfall.

Bottom line there is another thing that must be considered by all sides.  Look back in our history when a major event happened.  Events like the recent hurricanes, tornados, bombings and terrorist activities.  When these things happen, the number one question asked is who knew what when and why did they not do anything to stop it.  We begin to look for those people we can blame instead of looking to ourselves first.  Remember 9/11, some wanted to blame the flyers of the plane, the trainers of the pilots and George Bush and his administration.  The Underwear Bomber and Boston Bombing were looked at by a few as the fault of the Obama Administration.  We look for people to blame instead of looking at ourselves.

We cannot have our cake and eat it too.  We want security but we do not want to pay the cost.  Yes, I am highly concerned that my information is being mined by a complete stranger but does not that happen right now.  I go to a particular website and immediately I am besieged by ads pertaining to or about that ad.  I complete an application asking one particular school about educational benefits and immediately every college recruiter calls.  I, personally thank the officials who are now releasing these warrants so that we can at least get a glimpse but I do not harbor any ill-will as long as the data being mined saves just one of my fellow Americans lives.  Not to mention, the media found finding Boston bombers Facebook page news-worthy, why shouldn’t the NSA?

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