The government is monitoring everything you do.?

Question

So I read an article today about three teens who were arrested before boarding a flight. They apparently were flying to Syria to join the Islamic state. Government has been monitoring one of their Facebook pages, but refused to comment further. So here is my issue: 3 kids who have done nothing illegal yet are arrested and detained. They never mentioned doing anything illegal, just leaving. How the puck does the government find people like this. They did not belong to a profiled category because they were Indian, they were children, as well as born raised Americans. Only answer is that the government is monitoring every single one of us and everything we do. We are being arrested on suspicion before even committing any crimes and are no longer free to live as we wish. This is no longer a free country, we are loosing our liberties every day and slowly becoming a communist dictatorship. The governments trick is to implement the change so slowly that no one notices until its too late. If you don't believe this is happening, then you are brainwashed and need to wake up. Welcome to the end of America and our great constitution. You are no longer free men and women. You are a slave to the 1%.

Answer 1

You can thank Obama for not letting the Patriot Act end like it was supposed to. Now he expanded it and monitors everything we do. It is a outright violation of the 4th and 10 th amendments

Answer 2

Part of this question is sensible. Then, it deteriorates into rants about "communist dictatorship" and that sort of thing. By the way, what does monitoring Americans have to do with whether we are communists or not? I can see the dictatorship part but many dictatorships monitor people. Why specifically mention communist?



What you describe does not mean the government is monitoring everything you do. It means that, once it has a suspicion that you have terrorist inclinations, it then monitors every thing you do. Time and the limitations of my technical knowledge prevent me from explaining how the initial suspicion is developed but it is from a tiny fraction of the signals given from one's electronic and other communications. But, the fact that the government is not monitoring each of us constantly does not mean that there is not some cause for concern of the monitoring it does do. We do need to be concerned and constantly measure our concerns against the real threat of terrorist activity.



Just as today's release of the Senate Intelligence Committee's torture report gives us pause over the use of torture, so should we always be alert to departures from our best ideals. My own view is that torture is always wrong. My view of the monitoring of potential terrorists is that it must be carefully circumscribed by required court orders but that some of it is probably necessary. My guess is that the monitoring of these young suspects was authorized by a court but we should all be vigilant in order to prevent illegal monitoring. To that extent, I agree with the writer.

Answer 3

They fit the profile. They're first generation and stupid enough to sign up for twitter feeds and talk about violent terrorism on face book.



In this case, the adult "child" was taking his two minor siblings out of the country, without parental permission, after having forged documents to acquire passports and plane tickets for them. You do realize these are crimes, right?



They were educated in an Islamic school and isolated from mainstream American culture. The daughter was home schooled.





If I was going to pick people to turn to radical Islam, I'd pick these kids.

Answer 4

Its not like they can do much more to me to ruin my life. I am a disable unemployed American Veteran, due to service injuries. I have been discarded by them like trash and left without the healthcare they promised. I can barely walk or use my arms to clean myself. I wish they would come and "silence me" because it would allot more humane then the way they left me now. I don't make enough money to pay for all the surgeries I need. They lied to me and took my life from me already.

Answer 5

I agree but I will still speak my mind here as I am never going to do anything but speak my mind..! Okay, I hope the government recorded that statement for future reference?

Answer 6

nothing wrong with keeping your eyes on anyone looking to join a terrorist organization