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“You can’t have your privacy violated if you don’t know your privacy is violated." -Congressman Mike Rogers [] [] []
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“Here Is the Pro-NSA Surveillance Argument” [] Becky Cardinali -why the program will help the controversy in contrast to the widespread con argument -ongoing controversy over such programs and widespread con argument -the NSA, government officials, and the media -those who are interested in the debate -future leaders of America -to show the benefits and necessity of NSA surveillance -to explain how the NSA uses large scale surveillance -to explain why alternatives to such surveillance would not work -journalist and reporter with degree in mass communication/journalism -quotes Marc A. Thiessen, writer for the Washington Post with experience working in presidential administrations -“President Barack Obama vigorously defended sweeping secret surveillance into America’s phone records and foreigners’ Internet use, declaring ‘we have to make choices as a society.’” -“‘That leaves signals intelligence – monitoring the enemy’s phone calls and Internet communications – as our principal source of intelligence to stop terrorist plots.’”
 * Author:** Jason Howerton
 * Subject:** -pro side of the NSA surveillance controversy
 * Occasion:** -recent controversy over the NSA surveillance program after the leaking of two large programs using data surveillance to the press
 * Audience:** -the American public
 * Purpose:** -to provide a lesser known argument of the pro side
 * Speaker:** -Jason Howerton, writer for The Blaze
 * Tone:** -informative, formal, explanatory, partially persuasive, partly biased
 * Quotes:** -“Thiessen goes on to point out the various ways that President Barack Obama has stifled the federal government’s ability to gather intelligence.”

[] ^eh - opinion writer

PRISM -more research on validity of speakers?

"The NSA’s Surveillance: No Clear Constitutional Violations" [] Becky Cardinali -application of NSA policies in relation to specifics of the Fourth Amendment -controversy over Obama administration in relation to the NSA -the NSA -both Democrats and Republicans -those interested in the controversy -show that the way the surveillance is being applied differs from what is not allowed in the Constitution -explain how the controversy over anti-terrorism programs may be related to politics between parties rather than principles -highly educated law professor, attorney, and author -“The program does not represent a violation of the Constitution because the Fourth Amendment does not protect dialed phone numbers, in contrast to the content of the communications, because individuals lose privacy over those numbers when they are given to the phone company.” -“The Constitution protects the content of the communications, whether it be a phone call, e-mail, or old-fashioned letter.”
 * Author:** John Yoo
 * Subject:** -constitutionality of NSA surveillance
 * Occasion:** -recent debate on the controversy of NSA surveillance
 * Audience:** -the American public
 * Purpose:** -provide reasons for why the surveillance does not violate the Constitution
 * Speaker:** -John Yoo, writer for the National Review Online
 * Tone:** -informative, descriptive, formal, credible
 * Quotes:** -“As the Supreme Court has made clear, the Fourth Amendment does not protect the communications of non-U.S. persons that take place abroad.”

^constitution, Obama administration.

"Claim on “Attacks Thwarted” by NSA Spreads Despite Lack of Evidence" [] Becky Cardinali -controversy in recent years over NSA surveillance -evidence is not as blatant and clear cut as some would like it to be -the NSA, government officials, and media writers -those interested in the controversy -to show that NSA officials have changed their wording on their claim -to provide examples of successful prevention of terrorist-related attacks that the NSA has been involved in -to further debate the necessity or lack of necessity of NSA surveillance -reporters who seemingly favor one side -Meyer apparently has more journalism education than Elliott -“Officials have openly discussed only a few of the cases (see below), and the agency has identified only one – involving a San Diego man convicted of sending $8,500 to Somalia to support the militant group Al Shabab – in which NSA surveillance played a dominant role.” -“Intelligence officials have said that NSA surveillance helped thwart a subsequent plot involving Headley to attack a Danish newspaper.”
 * Authors:** James Elliott and Theodoric Meyer
 * Subject:** -controversy over the claim that the NSA has thwarted 54 attempts at terrorism, many directed toward the U.S.
 * Occasion:** -many government officials and media writers have been using the statistic recently
 * Audience:** -the American public
 * Purpose:** -to show that the NSA lacks blatant evidence of thwarting 54 terrorist attacks
 * Speakers:** -James Elliott and Theodoric Meyer, writers for ProPublica
 * Tone:** -informative, formal, critical, explanatory, possibly biased
 * Quotes:** -“When NSA chief Gen. Keith Alexander spoke at a Las Vegas security conference in July, for instance, he referred to ‘54 different terrorist-related activities,’ 42 of which were plots and 12 of which were cases in which individuals provided ‘material support’ to terrorism.”

More links: @http://www.cnbc.com/id/41257875

@http://www.cnbc.com/id/41257939

@http://www.cnbc.com/id/41257846

@http://www.cnn.com/2013/10/16/world/europe/russia-snowden-dad/

@http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/jun/13/top-commentary-nsa-leaks

@http://www.propublica.org/article/nsa-data-collection-faq