Technology, Terrorists, Surveillance And The Right To Privacy

Abstract

Today, technology pervades every aspect of US society changing concepts of privacy and challenging the nations legal system to keep pace with concepts the nations forefathers never imagined. At the same time, technology has fostered the emergence and success of a new enemy, the non-state actor who recognizes neither the law nor national boundaries.1 While US court systems have been flexing the expectation of privacy to address technological change,2 they have been slower to recognize that societal changes like the advent of terrorism increase the need for government surveillance.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Apr 01, 2007
Accession Number
AD1031584

Entities

People

  • Kenneth M. Theurer

Organizations

  • Air Command and Staff College

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Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms
  • Cyber
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Materials and Manufacturing Processes

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Civil Rights
  • Congress
  • Crime
  • Electronic Mail
  • Foreign Intelligence
  • Freedom Of Speech
  • Governments
  • Information Operations
  • International Relations
  • Judiciary
  • Law
  • Mobile Phones
  • National Security
  • Supreme Court
  • Surveillance
  • United States
  • War Colleges

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