ACLU v. NSA
(individual rights v. national security)
You are the national security advisor in the Obama administration. You are extremely familiar with the long history of the government's need to obtain military information and increased monitoring of people's actions after 9/11. In recent years, more and more debate has been generated about the president's (government's) ability to eavesdrop and intercept message without a warrant to help fight the war on terror. You have made your decision regarding the Big Debate question:
Should the Executive Branch be able to spy on Americans without a court warrant in order to try to prevent future terrorists attacks on the United States?
(individual rights v. national security)
You are the national security advisor in the Obama administration. You are extremely familiar with the long history of the government's need to obtain military information and increased monitoring of people's actions after 9/11. In recent years, more and more debate has been generated about the president's (government's) ability to eavesdrop and intercept message without a warrant to help fight the war on terror. You have made your decision regarding the Big Debate question:
Should the Executive Branch be able to spy on Americans without a court warrant in order to try to prevent future terrorists attacks on the United States?
Your job is to create an informative pamphlet that contains the following:
1) Your stance on the topic of debate and a 1-sentence summary explanation
2) A short history and background information surrounding the case
3) List of evidence and research supporting your claim, using a legitimate line of reasoning (no emotions)
4) Two (2) possible points of evidence the opposing side could use against you
5) A Video that either summarizes or takes a stance on the topic of debate and a short description / explanation of the purpose of this video
