1.P.Williams writes in her essay, that the war on terror is a new type of war. What’s new about it, how is it different from traditional wars?-The war on terror is a new type of war because traditional wars are wars that are typically between nations, in which different nations send their own military force to fight against each other, and the typical reason for traditional wars starting are due to either fighting over things like territory, materials, political power, etc. On the other hand, war on terror is war on terrorist organizations, and how it is a global problem since terrorist organizations can exist practically anywhere. What P.Williams does talk about is how the war on terror affects things like civil rights and human rights, and how the war on terror indirectly can cause an increase in things like discrimination towards certain groups of people.

2.In what ways does the “Roving wiretaps” of the patriot act seem to violate the Bill of rights? Which amendments does it seem to violate and why?-The Roving wiretaps seem to violate the bill of rights because it potentially violates the 1st and 4th Amendment. This is because the 1st amendment guarantees that all citizens have freedom of speech, but if people believe that they are being monitored, it may make people less likely to express themselves or have certain opinions, and it potentially violates the 4th amendment since technically the 4th amendment protects United States citizen from being searched without a warrant, or probable cause. In other words it protects us from unreasonable searches, but the problem is that if something like the “Roving wiretaps” allows the police to monitor devices without specifically specifying which device it will be, how many, or the location of device, which gives police the way to violate our 4th amendments rights in a way since if they do this they can track and monitor multiple devices at a time which could then lead to an unreasonable search.

3.What about “sneak and peek” warrants?-Something like “sneak and peek” warrants also violate our 4th amendments rights since they can delay going to get a legal warrant that gives law enforcement probable cause to search and investigate since they can end up conducting searches without notifying what the goal of the investigation actually is. This in turn violates our fourth amendment rights since it allows unreasonable searches to take place.