intelligence gathering since 9/11 attack

cuss the pre-9/11 statutes that required government to notify Americans when it collected private information compared to the post-9/11 statutes? Discuss how the USA Patriot Act expanded wiretapping and surveillance powers and how judicial review decreased. Has information sharing, intelligence oversight, and organizational mechanisms that were put in place after the 9/11 attacks improved? What should be the scope of intelligence collection in a democratic nation?

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The September 11 terrorist attack in 2001 had adverse effects on families, government, businesses and the country as a whole. The sudden attack in the country forced the government to take measures in heightening security to mitigate such a lethal threat in the future. Hence, the American Congress passed the Patriotic Act to enable law enforcement to detect threats of terrorism. The enacted act, however, eased restrictions on law enforcer’s ability to gather intelligence regarding the citizen’s communication and activities in domestic and foreign investigations. With the eased restrictions on intelligence gathering, such expanded authorities pushed the public to raise concerns regarding the violation of civil liberties.

Before the enactment of the act, the pre-9/11 statutes on privacy required government investigators to notify citizens o…