1. I agree a with the statement. The reason that I agree is because when the government is searching through names and backgrounds, they are not going to be looking for Jenny Spino from Livonia Michigan, they are going to be looking for people who they think are linked to terrorists, and if they happen to want to check my background, let them. 'You have nothing to fear, if you have nothing to hide.' I have nothing to hide, so therefore I do not fear them looking into my name.
2. In the Patriot Act it is stated that they are doing this to detect and prevent terrorism. The whole point of the Patriot Act is to make sure that no one in America is helping them to get inside the system. It was stated in Spying on the home front, they say that they are looking for names from a set list of terrorists and anyone who is working with them or is being suspected to work with them. If you are just a normal citizen they don't care about you, your name, or what you are doing.