Personal Rights

In Media Law, I am concerned about personal rights. I am concerned about it because people sometimes lose their right to privacy because of it. I believe privacy is very important to everyone. We have the right to disclose things in our lives from everyone else. The USA PATRIOT Act is a good example of people going through other people’s private lives. This Act went into effect after the attack on 9/11 to help the government find the culprits. It allows the government to listen in on your phone conversations and monitor what books you check out at the library and so forth. They want to make sure you are not a terrorist. So the question is: National Security or privacy? It is sad when a government reaches a low where they have to question their own citizens. If a country cannot depend on their government, who can they depend on?