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Freedom and safety are two ideals that American citizens value greatly; however, the balance between privacy and security determines whether or not both can be achieved in a reasonable manner. Security and privacy are not mutually exclusive; however, they tend to exhibit an inverse correlation with regards to maintaining individual liberties. Security and privacy are highly beneficial, but when one is given too much weight, the other most often suffers. When the United States citizens are given too much privacy through regulations, the citizens risk their well-being by not allowing the government the ability to prevent dangerous activities being done by criminals. Citizens are unable to defend themselves against foreign and domestic threats of terrorism that affect large amounts of people such as bombings in public settings; however, the federal government can help to prevent such attacks in public settings through surveillance of public areas and monitoring of internet and intracellular communications. When the United States federal government is given too much discretion in security powers through legislation, citizens are at risk of losing their civil rights granted in the Bill of Rights and in Supreme Court cases. The United States of America has had a dangerous imbalance of power in favor of national security since the adoption of the USA PATRIOT Act in 2001, and the imbalance has continued to the present even after the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act in 2015.This thesis will be a comparative analysis of the USA PATRIOT Act of 2001 to the USA FREEDOM Act of 2015. This thesis will show what specific powers are granted through provisions of the acts, whether or not the provisions are unconstitutional, how the privacy and security of American citizens will change due to the provisions in the USA FREEDOM Act, and suggestions for how the United States federal government can continue to tilt the balance between security and liberty to ensure more protection for civil liberties and a decrease in national security powers. The suggestions will include three options for gaining the protection of civil liberties and the elimination of certain national security powers and the options are through Supreme Court cases on national security laws pertaining to individual cases or states, Congress passing concurring minor bills with the proposed plan to fully repeal granted national security powers without disturbing congressional alliances on other measures, and Congress passing a single act called the State Surveillance Repeal Act in order to fully repeal the USA PATRIOT Act provisions that would still be in effect after the passage of the USA FREEDOM Act. ; 2015-12-01 ; B.A. ; Health and Public Affairs, Dept. of Legal Studies ; Bachelors ; This record was generated from author submitted information.

Mit Inkrafttreten des sogenannten USA Freedom Act werden die gesetzlich festgelegten Befugnisse der US-Nachrichtendienste zum Sammeln von Daten erstmals seit dem 11. September 2001 eingeschränkt. Über zwei Jahre nachdem Edward Snowden die Überwachungspraxis der National Security Agency (NSA) publik machte, hat der Kongress eine Reform beschlossen. Der Beschluss zeigt, dass die Entscheidungsträgerinnen und Entscheidungsträger in den USA bei der Bewertung bestimmter nachrichtendienstlicher Programme zu anderen Ergebnissen kommen, wenn sie diese vor der Öffentlichkeit rechtfertigen müssen. Gleichzeitig machen der lange Vorlauf der Gesetzesänderung und die begrenzte Reichweite der Reform deutlich, wie hoch die Hürden dafür sind, dass einmal beschlossene Einschränkungen von Bürgerrechten wieder zurückgenommen werden, die für den Kampf gegen den Terrorismus notwendig erschienen. (SWP-Aktuell)

" Mit Inkrafttreten des sogenannten USA Freedom Act werden die gesetzlich festgelegten Befugnisse der US-Nachrichtendienste zum Sammeln von Daten erstmals seit dem 11. September 2001 eingeschränkt. Über zwei Jahre nachdem Edward Snowden die Überwachungspraxis der National Security Agency (NSA) publik machte, hat der Kongress eine Reform beschlossen. Der Beschluss zeigt, dass die Entscheidungsträgerinnen und Entscheidungsträger in den USA bei der Bewertung bestimmter nachrichtendienstlicher Programme zu anderen Ergebnissen kommen, wenn sie diese vor der Öffentlichkeit rechtfertigen müssen. Gleichzeitig machen der lange Vorlauf der Gesetzesänderung und die begrenzte Reichweite der Reform deutlich, wie hoch die Hürden dafür sind, dass einmal beschlossene Einschränkungen von Bürgerrechten wieder zurückgenommen werden, die für den Kampf gegen den Terrorismus notwendig erschienen." (Autorenreferat)

Intro -- INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT ELEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS -- INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT ELEMENTS AND IMPLEMENTATION EFFORTS -- CONTENTS -- PREFACE -- Chapter 1 INTERNATIONAL RELIGIOUS FREEDOM ACT: STATE DEPARTMENT AND COMMISSION ARE IMPLEMENTING RESPONSIBILITIES BUT NEED TO IMPROVE INTERACTION* -- WHY GAO DID THIS STUDY -- WHAT GAO RECOMMENDS -- WHAT GAO FOUND -- ABBREVIATIONS -- BACKGROUND -- The Act Established International Religious Freedom as a U.S. Foreign Policy Objective -- The Act Established Two Separate Entities and Outlined Their Responsibilities -- The Act Established State's Office and Ambassador-atLarge for International Religious Freedom and Outlined State's Responsibilities -- The Act Established USCIRF and Outlined Its Responsibilities -- STATE IS IMPLEMENTING THE PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES ESTABLISHED IN THE ACT BUT HAS PROVIDED INCONSISTENT REPORTING POLICY AND GUIDANCE FOR THE AMBASSADOR -- State Is Implementing the Primary Responsibilities Established in the Act -- Ambassador and Office Are Implementing Primary Responsibilities Independently and Through Efforts of Other State Entities -- Ambassador, Office, and Other State Entities Promote Religious Freedom -- Ambassador Advises the President and Secretary of State -- Ambassador and Other State Officials Represent the United States Diplomatically Regarding Religious Freedom -- State Annually Publishes the International Religious Freedom Report -- Ambassador and Office Support the Secretary of State in Implementing Other Responsibilities Established in the Act -- State Has Designated Countries of Particular Concern, and the U.S. Government Has Taken Some Corresponding Actions -- State Developed Religious Freedom Training -- State Established an International Religious Freedom Website