{"id":12158,"date":"2025-12-18T21:36:24","date_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:36:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/?p=12158"},"modified":"2025-12-18T21:36:33","modified_gmt":"2025-12-19T02:36:33","slug":"discussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/openlab.bmcc.cuny.edu\/pol-100-0502-fall-2025-introduction-to-american-government\/2025\/12\/18\/discussion\/","title":{"rendered":"discussion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><span id=\"docs-internal-guid-ff5ffe42-7fff-7e8a-5855-d6905e78f8f0\"><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">What\u2019s new about the war on terror?<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">According to P. Williams, the war on terror is different from traditional wars because:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding-inline-start: 48px\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 24pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The enemy is not a specific country\u2014terrorist groups are often decentralized and can operate across borders.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The battlefield is everywhere\u2014attacks can happen anywhere, not just on defined battlefields.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The methods are different it involves intelligence gathering, surveillance, and preemptive strikes rather than conventional armies clashing.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 24pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">The legal and moral rules are blurred there\u2019s debate over how laws of war apply to non-state actors like terrorists.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">2. Roving Wiretaps and the Bill of Rights<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">Roving wiretaps, allowed under the Patriot Act, let the government monitor any communication device a suspect might use, without specifying the device in advance. This can seem to violate:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding-inline-start: 48px\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 24pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Fourth Amendment \u2013 protects against unreasonable searches and seizures. Roving wiretaps may allow surveillance without a specific warrant.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 24pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">First Amendment \u2013 because surveillance could chill free speech if people feel they are being constantly monitored.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">The concern is that it gives government agencies broad authority to spy without the usual checks and balances.<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">3. \u201cSneak and Peek\u201d Warrants<\/span><\/p><p dir=\"ltr\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 12pt;margin-bottom: 12pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\">These warrants allow law enforcement to enter a person\u2019s home or business without immediately notifying them. This can seem to violate:<\/span><\/p><ul style=\"margin-top: 0px;margin-bottom: 0px;padding-inline-start: 48px\"><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 24pt;margin-bottom: 0pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">Fourth Amendment \u2013 because it delays the usual notification required for a search, reducing transparency and oversight.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><li dir=\"ltr\" style=\"list-style-type: disc;font-size: 11pt;font-family: Arial, sans-serif;vertical-align: baseline\"><p dir=\"ltr\" role=\"presentation\" style=\"line-height: 1.38;margin-top: 0pt;margin-bottom: 24pt\"><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\">People worry this could be abused if authorities repeatedly enter homes without consent or knowledge.<\/span><span style=\"font-size: 11pt;vertical-align: baseline\"><\/span><\/p><\/li><\/ul><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What\u2019s new about the war on terror? 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