[citw150] CITW 150 L3 Q5

  Hello, 
   While the internet is an amazing tool to use to learn and communicate with 
others it can also be used for evil. Some groups such as the KKK and al-Qaida 
use the internet for spreading hatred, fear, and violence.  Any one can learn 
how to make a weapon or dirty bomb by doing some research. Michael Vatis, an 
internet security expert formerly with the Justice Department, lists three ways 
the internet can be used by terrorists. 
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec05/online_8-02.html.  One is 
to use it as a resource for spreading propaganda, the second is for operational 
communications and the third is to use the internet as a weapon to attack cyber 
resources.  As members of the human race we need to decide if anything goes 
because of our right to free speech and privacy or if for the greater good, our 
speech and privacy can be censored and monitored. 
       I supported the provisions in the U.S. Patriot Act 
http://www.epic.org/privacy/terrorism/usapatriot/ that allowed the government 
to use ?pen registers? and ?trap and trace devices?.  We need to be protected 
from groups like al-Qaida, the KKK and people like Timothy McVeigh. I for one 
am willing to have some of our civil rights trampled. I believe our founding 
fathers designed the constitution to be a living document that allows for 
change as our country changes. The internet has changed our world and we may 
have to change our ideas about free speech and privacy in order to stay safe in 
this new world.
   
  Kelley Coburn Harris

 
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