National Security vs. Civil Liberties Forum

Read and react to the following quote: "The USA Patriot Act and other actions that expanded the powers of the executive branch in matters of national security are necessary to protect the citizens of the United States from foreign and domestic threats."

1) Choose a side: do you agree or disagree with this statement and why?
2) Use the provided link, and other valid websites, to bolster your argument. Post your response, with facts, to this forum.
3) Read and reply to other students' posts. I will be giving you participation based on the number of posts you make. If you are very active, I will give you extra credit.

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Discussion	Started by	Replies	Last post	Created
Patriot Act	Timothy Castiglione	0	Timothy Castiglione Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:02 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:02 AM
USA	Tabitha Smith	0	Tabitha Smith Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:05 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:05 AM
Patriot Act!	Jamie Jurado	0	Jamie Jurado Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:55 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:55 AM
Patriot Act	Amber Young	0	Amber Young Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:32 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:32 AM
Civics	Erik Into	0	Erik Into Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 1:59 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 1:59 PM
US PATRIOT ACT	Deanthony Price	0	Deanthony Price Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:09 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:09 PM
Patriot Act	Melani Kieling	0	Melani Kieling Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:14 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:14 PM
Patriot Act	Brianna Womack	0	Brianna Womack Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:16 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:16 PM
Patriot Post	delasha cleveland	0	delasha cleveland Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:20 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:20 PM
Patriot Act	Samantha Hocking	0	Samantha Hocking Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:21 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:21 PM
USA Patriot Act	Jaclyn Barrett	0	Jaclyn Barrett Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:22 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:22 PM
Patriot Act	Brittany Hobbs	0	Brittany Hobbs Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:24 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:24 PM
Patriot Act	Ma Sambou Jatta	0	Ma Sambou Jatta Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:26 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:26 PM
USA Patriot Act.	Megan Strachan	0	Megan Strachan Sun, 28 Oct 2012, 7:25 PM	Sun, 28 Oct 2012, 7:25 PM
USA Patriot	Nathaniel Beauchamp	0	Nathaniel Beauchamp Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 8:07 AM	Wed, 31 Oct 2012, 8:07 AM
USA Patriot Act	Erie High	0	Erie High Wed, 1 May 2013, 10:52 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 10:52 AM
Patriot Act	Maria Menefee	0	Maria Menefee Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:00 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:00 AM
The Patriot Act	Richard Miller	0	Richard Miller Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:17 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:17 AM
Patriot ACT	Mo'neyLisa Bowditch	0	Mo'neyLisa Bowditch Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:24 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:24 AM
The Patriot Act	Victoria Noble	0	Victoria Noble Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:44 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:44 PM
Patriot Act: Justified	Conner Mains	0	Conner Mains Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:44 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:44 PM
USA Patriot Act	Brittany Krupinski	0	Brittany Krupinski Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:49 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:49 PM
USA PATRIOT ACT DISCUSSION	Cherelle Brown	0	Cherelle Brown Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:50 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:50 PM
The Usa Patriot Act	Chantel Jackson	0	Chantel Jackson Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:54 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:54 PM
The USA Patriot Act	Alan Baumgardner	0	Alan Baumgardner Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 1:11 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 1:11 PM
USA Patriot Act..	Kareem Stewart	0	Kareem Stewart Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 1:17 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 1:17 PM
neutral on the patriot act d:	Ashley Cates	1	Priyanka Lobo Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:12 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:00 AM
Patriot Act	Priyanka Lobo	1	Shawn Cummings Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:14 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:03 AM
The Patriot Act	Samantha Riley	1	Shawn Cummings Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:13 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:08 AM
Patriot Act	Heather Hill	1	Kimberly Royek Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:27 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:25 AM
Truth, Justice, and the American Way	Erin NortonLannen	1	Anna Ashley Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:17 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:13 AM
tca toirtap	James Gagnon	1	James Gagnon Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:27 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:15 AM
Patriot Act	Nathaniel Beauchamp	1	Javon Stewart Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:32 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:23 AM
Patriot	Kyle Coleman	1	Amanda McCleery Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:32 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:31 AM
US Patrriot Act	Christopher Leland	1	Erik Into Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:02 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 1:57 PM
Patriot Act !	Emonuie Harris	1	Aquana Sullivan Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:22 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:12 PM
Patriot act	Aquana Sullivan	1	Emonuie Harris Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:23 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:15 PM
U.S. Patriot Act	Steven Loos	1	Erik Into Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:18 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:17 PM
U.S. Patriot Act	Micah Willingham	1	Mikala Kieling Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:51 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:49 AM
USA Patriot Act	Emilie Musleh	1	Justin Carl Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:52 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:51 AM
TERRORIST!	Tabitha Hurst	1	Tabitha Hurst Wed, 1 May 2013, 11:04 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:53 AM
Patriot Act	Ijon Pojani	1	Shane Mousseau Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:25 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:16 AM
Patriot Act	China Richardson	1	Joshua Green Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:18 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:17 AM
National Security vs. Civil Liberties Forum	Cheyenne McQueen	1	Joshua Green Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:20 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:18 AM
USA Patriot Act	Joel Zizi	1	David Curvin Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:26 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:24 AM
Usa Patriot Act	Orlando JaimeOrtega	1	Conner Mains Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 1:03 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:57 PM
Civil Liberties Forum	Alexis Holzbach	2	Joshua Green Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:35 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:09 AM
Patriot Act	Shannon Allen	2	Shannon Allen Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:05 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:00 AM
Ron Paul and libertarianism	Joshua Green	2	Carly Byrne Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 1:01 PM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:23 AM
National Security vs. Civil Liberties	Kyle Kissandi	2	Tayla Heller Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:10 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:04 AM
Patriot Act	Collin Orchard	2	Christopher Edwards Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:29 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:12 AM
The patriot act is needed.	Tyler Fox	2	Tayla Heller Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:14 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:12 AM
Patriot Act	Lee Sloan	2	Justin Washington Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:31 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:13 AM
Patriot Act -- Con	Joshua Green	2	Katelyn Estepp Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:27 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:15 AM
The USA Patriot Act	Kayla Brown	2	Tayla Heller Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:25 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:15 AM
Patroit Act	Justin Washington	2	Lee Sloan Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:32 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:15 AM
honda civic 150,000 miles	Deon Santiago	2	Edward Jones Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:18 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:16 AM
The USA Patriot Act	Cody Bredin	2	Grace King Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:14 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:05 AM
Preserving Life and Liberty	Shane Mousseau	2	Cheyenne McQueen Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:27 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:19 AM
USA Patriot Act	Jalen Bryant	2	Jonathon Lyons Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:41 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:22 AM
USA Patriot Act Forum	Mercedes Gough	2	Stephanie Fields Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:49 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:27 AM
The Patriot Act!!!!!!!!	Alexander Sad	2	Jake Ahn Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 1:07 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:55 PM
The U.S Patriot Act Statement Explanation	Matteo Mauti	2	Kimani Dooley Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 2:27 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 12:59 PM
National Security	Jessie James	3	Michael Demmons Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:32 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:03 AM
PATRIOT ACT	Faith Fitzpatrick	3	Tabitha Smith Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:24 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:09 AM
Patriot Act	frederick Terry	3	frederick Terry Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:31 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:11 AM
response to; National Security vs. Civil Liberties	Amanda McCleery	3	Javon Stewart Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:25 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:18 AM
united states Patriot Act.	Wesley Richards	3	Justin Washington Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:25 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:19 AM
USA PATRIOT ACT	Richard Rutenbar	3	Rachel Kirschweng Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:01 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 1:54 PM
USA Patriotic Act	Brenna OBoyle	3	Samantha Runyon Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:32 AM	Tue, 30 Apr 2013, 9:38 AM
U.S. Patriot Act	Travis Cheek	3	Kaley Burt Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:36 AM	Tue, 30 Apr 2013, 9:40 AM
Patriot Act	Kaley Burt	3	Samantha Runyon Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:45 AM	Tue, 30 Apr 2013, 9:41 AM
The Patroit ACT	Kimani Dooley	3	Caylin Bullock Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:16 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:13 AM
Patriot Act	Darrell Yerge	3	Darrell Yerge Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:37 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:28 AM
The USA PATRIOT Act	Jake Ahn	3	Kimani Dooley Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 2:30 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:39 AM
Spying or Evasive action.?	Jason Veliu	4	Joshua Green Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:37 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:01 AM
Patriot Act	Keith Goodwin	4	Nicholas Westberg Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:33 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:07 AM
Nation Security vs. Civil Liberties	Jessica Conley	4	Forrest Jayson Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:58 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:08 AM
The USA Patriot Act!!	Emily Jasmer	4	Emily Jasmer Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:33 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:09 AM
AMURRRRICA!	Forrest Jayson	4	Joseph Hollinger Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:23 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:18 AM
Patriot Act	Jessie James	4	Jessie James Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:24 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:20 AM
Patriot Act	Selvije Xhilaj	4	Heather Hill Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:34 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:37 AM
Searches and Seizures	Ashley Andrews	4	Ashley Andrews Mon, 31 Oct 2011, 8:22 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:03 AM
Patriot Act and Civil Liberties	Tayla Heller	4	Brittany Hobbs Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:26 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:06 AM
USA Patriot Act	Mikala Kieling	4	Mikala Kieling Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:44 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:35 AM
US Patriot	Karl Hansknecht	4	Joshua Green Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:41 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:36 AM
Terarism	Joshua Schiller	4	Grace King Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:12 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 7:59 AM
The Patriot Act	Grace King	4	Jake Ahn Fri, 18 Oct 2013, 12:59 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:06 AM
USA Patriot Act	Caylin Bullock	4	David Curvin Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:21 AM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:14 AM
usa patriot act -- pro civil liberties--Ben Franklin quote	Joshua Green	5	Ashley Andrews Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 10:56 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:07 AM
Domestic Threats	Michael Demmons	5	Michael Demmons Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:39 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:11 AM
Patriot Act....yeah	David DeLaGarza	5	David DeLaGarza Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 1:14 PM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:28 AM
I agree and disagree	Serenity Kendall	5	Shannon Allen Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 11:11 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 10:59 AM
Patriot Act	Anna Ashley	5	Anna Ashley Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:34 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:01 AM
my civil liberties	Edward Jones	5	Justin Washington Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:29 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:12 AM
Patriot Act	Emily Wilder	5	Tayla Heller Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:33 AM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:16 AM
Patriot Act	Samer Saad	5	Samer Saad Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 2:10 PM	Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 1:58 PM
stuff	Justin Carl	5	Joshua Green Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:47 AM	Wed, 1 May 2013, 9:34 AM
The USA Patriot Act	Carlon Davis	5	Kimani Dooley Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 2:24 PM	Thu, 17 Oct 2013, 8:39 AM
Rights.?	Jason Veliu	6	Nathaniel Beauchamp Wed, 17 Oct 2012, 8:31 AM	Tue, 25 Oct 2011, 8:30 AM