Deck 15: Security Versus Liberty in the 21st Century

Question 1

Congress enacted the 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to

A) prevent government agencies from engaging in covert activities.
B) get the upper hand in the Cold War.
C) reform espionage laws.
D) aid intelligence agencies in their efforts.

Answer 1

A

Question 2

FISA established a U.S. federal court known as the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISC) to oversee and approve the requests for surveillance for national security intelligence purposes. What kind of warrants are issued by the FISC?

A) Arrest warrants
B) Secret search warrants
C) Execution warrants
D) Warrant of execution

Answer 2

B

Question 3

The FISA was in place in 9/11, but the activities of the men who engaged in the attacks could not be investigated by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) or the FBI. Why?

A) The attackers were not receiving aid from a foreign government.
B) The attackers had connections with the intelligence agencies.
C) The attackers did not have any criminal records.
D) The attackers were university students.

Answer 3

A

Question 4

The Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) was passed in 1996. What was one of its cornerstones?

A) Broadening the definition of terrorism
B) Creation of the federal crime of domestic terrorism
C) To expand death penalty appeals in federal courts
D) To disrupt funding to terrorist nations and organizations

Question 5

The 2001 PATRIOT Act provided expanded authority under the FISA to engage in electronic surveillance, including the use of pen registers and trap and trace devices. What is a pen register?

A) It is a pinhole camera and a tracking device.
B) It records all numbers called from a phone line.
C) Camera finder and bug detector.
D) Portable Wireless Mini Spy Security System.

Question 6

According to ACLU, the PATRIOT Act threatens rights under the which Amendments?

A) First, Second, Fifth, Seventh, Eighth, and Fourteenth
B) First, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth
C) First, Fourth, Fifth, Eighth, and Fourteenth
D) First, Fourth, Fifth, Sixth, Eighth, and Fourteenth

Question 7

Which government agencies were transferred from the Treasury Department to the DHS?

A) Office of Foreign Assets Control
B) Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
C) The Internal Revenue Service
D) The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, and Firearms

Question 8

What is the main concern with using CCTV cameras?

A) Voyeurism
B) No oversight on how the information collected are used
C) Lack of research into benefits and risks
D) General image deterioration at night

Question 9

How has the government surveillance of citizens for intelligence purposes changed the current legal environment?

A) It has created an environment of fear and suspicion.
B) The standards of search and seizure have been lowered.
C) It has made us more aware of our rights.
D) It has increased the power of prosecutors.

Question 10

The anti-terrorist laws are being used to investigate ordinary criminals. What is one of the unintended consequences this?

A) It has led to the reduction hard drugs in the streets.
B) It has led to the covert investigation of political groups.
C) It has led to reduction of cyber crimes.
D) It has allowed the government to deport legal residents for minor crimes.

Question 11

For a person to be investigated under FISA, that person had to be suspected of espionage or terrorism against the United States.

Question 12

The 1995 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act (AEDPA) made it possible for U.S. citizens who were harmed by terrorist acts to sue for compensation.

Question 13

The PATRIOT Act was closely examined and extensively debated by the members of Congress before it was finally passed.

Question 14

The PATRIOT Act permitted the FBI to require doctors, libraries, bookstores, universities, and Internet service providers to surrender information on their customers and clients at government request.

Question 15

A number of the PATRIOT Act's provisions expired on June 1, 2015. However, Congress refused to restore many of them because of civil rights concerns.

Question 16

The overall growth in the DHS budget has been phenomenal: in fiscal year (FY) 2002, the budget was $9 billion; in FY 2004, it doubled to $18 billion; and in FY 2017, the request was for $40.6 billion.

Question 17

Most U.S. police departments do not use CCTV cameras.

Question 18

Beginning with the 9/11 attacks, the executive branch of the federal government has moved decisively to expand its powers over court processes in the name of the war on terror.

Question 19

Checks and balances prevent the PATRIOT Act from giving unchecked authority to the executive branch of government to do whatever it thinks is necessary to provide domestic security.

Question 20

In Hamdan v. Rumsfeld (2006), the Supreme Court ruled that the administration had the sole authority to set up military tribunals to hear enemy combatant cases.