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Question 1: How was your topic affected by 9/11? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 1.

Since the USA Patriot Act has been put in place after 9/11, Americans have been better protected from terrorism. The Patriot Act allowed the federal government to review electronic and personal information to detect and prevent terrorist attacks. Anyway we have lost many of our privacies “ more than 40 terrorist plots have been prevented since 9/11” says Oklahoma senior senator Jim Inhofe. Many Americans though still debate whether the loss of our privacy is worth the benefits.

Talley, Tim. "Terrorism plots foiled since 9/11." //Air Force Times// [Oklahoma

City] 22 Aug. 2011: n. pag. //The Associated Press//. Web. 2 Sept. 2011.

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Question 2: Explain the scope (extent), intensity (depth), and nature of the affect of 9/11 on you topic. Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 2. The Patriot Acts purpose pf safety was to eliminate the fear created by 9/11. After 9/11 the Patriot Act was written to obstruct the fear and possibility of another terrorist attack, but while doing so created the new fear of loosing our privacy rights. “If we lived in a country that allowed the police to search your home at any time for any reason; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to open your mail, eavesdrop on your phone conversations, or intercept your email communications; if we lived in a country that allowed the government to hold people in jail indefinitely based on what they write or think, or based on mere suspicion that they are up to no good, then the government would no doubt discover and arrest more terrorists. But that probably would not be a country in which we would want to live…” says Senator Russ Feingold. Patriot Acts success and privacy loss issues were composed because of 9/11 and the anxiety of terrorism.

Feingold, Russel. "Statement Of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold On The Anti-Terrorism Bill." //Electronis Privacy Information Center//. N.p., 25 Oct. 8/25/2011. Web. 5 Sept. 2011. <[|http://www.senate.gov/~feingold/releases/01/10/] 102501at.html)>.

Question 3: How has debate on this issue made our country stronger? Click edit, post the power paragraph for question 3. The patriot acts impacts on privacy has shown how dedicated Americans are since 9/11. After the Patriot Act was made to resolve terrorism the willingness of many citizens to give up their privacies showed how Americans are committed to creating a safer country. “As we look back at that massive, terrible incident on September 11, we try to ascertain whether our Government had the tools necessary to ferret out the intelligence that could have, perhaps, avoided those events. The only answer all of us could come up with, after having briefing after briefing, is we did not have those tools. This bill aims to change that. This bill is a bill whose time has come. This bill is a necessary bill." Said Senator Dianne Feinstein. At the same time many citizens are worried with the Patriot Act we are giving up too much privacy which will result in the snowball effect affecting our future. “The real danger is the gradual erosion of individual liberties through automation, integration, and interconnection of many small, separate record-keeping systems, each of which alone may seem innocuous, even benevolent, and wholly justifiable.” said by the U. S. Privacy Study Commission. Bother side show that since 9/11 as a country we are striving to improve and create a better America.

U. S. Privacy Study Commision. “Patriot Act“. Liberty Tree. September 2005. September7, 2011. [|http://quotes.liberty-tree.ca/quotes.nsf/quotes_about!ReadForm&Count=50&Start=51&RestrictToCategory=globalism]

Dianne Feinstein. Congressional Record. intellectual takeout. October 25, 2001 September 7, 2011 .[] RUBRIC for Responses
 * A strong topic sentence that clearly addresses and answers the question
 * Evidence that clearly supports the topic sentence
 * Correct use of internal citations and a properly formatted MLA citation for your articles (put this citation at the end of paragraph one)
 * Strict adherence to the Power Paragraph format
 * Mechanics are clean and do not detract from meaning