Explain the concern of mass surveillance with regard to the Fourth Amendment.

What will be an ideal response?


The amended FISA's authorization of large-scale warrantless electronic eavesdropping, in which hundreds of millions of phone and Internet records have been collected and stored in databases, created concerns that the federal government aimed to "write off the Fourth Amendment as technologically obsolete."

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Which of the following term best describes a situation wherein a government organization through a competitive process, purchases a long-term service from another government agency or private firm?

A) Contracting Out B) Outsourcing C) Consulting D) none of the above

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Violent men labeled as "pit bulls" by Jacobson and Gottman were internally calm as they expressed anger in experiments

a. True b. False

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According to research by Hatten and Moore (2010), police officers are less likely to contact a victim advocate for assistance if the victim is ______.

a. needed to serve as a witness in court b. living in a city heavily populated with COP programs c. under the influence of a controlled substance d. a victim of domestic violence

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What is meant by Shariah law?

a. It is an Islamic system of law that applies only to Muslims. b. Everything is to be controlled by an Islamic State. c. It's name means "a straight path," and it resembles the "golden rule" of Christianity. d. It's the Israeli law that Muslims are trying to fight against.

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