The article called “How to Spot a Terrorist” by John Farmer Jr. talks about why we should spot our neighbors and gives some examples of terrorist attacks, like the shootings at Fort Hood Texas, the attempted bombing of jetliner on Christmas Day and the Times Square bombing attempt . This article also talks about a project taken the Justice Department called the Nationwide Suspicious Activity Reporting Initiative that have set up “fusion center” in about a dozen cities, where people can report suspicious activities and the “fusion centers” will collect and analyze the information. The author of the article also wrote that the government consulted with the civil liberties groups to make sure that the program would not lowered the individual privacy.
In my opinion there is no way that this method against terrorism will not violate the 4th amendment to the constitution that ensures the privacy of the people. The example that the author gives at the beginning of the article about a young man that goes to home depot and buys acetone and then goes to a beauty supply store and buys hydrogen peroxide and goes and takes pictures at a federal building is not a good example because Acetone is used by most girls when they want to take off their nail polish and the hydrogen peroxide is used to bleach hair, he could buy those thing for his wife or and he went to take pictures of a federal building because he has a project about federal building or in his job he was asked to bring some pictures about federal buildings. But he also could be a terrorist but what if he is not? No one is guilty until proven, I think that the government should use another security methods that doesn’t involve spying your neighbor because that will only cause more problems to our communities.
How to Spot a Terrorist
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