Balancing liberty and security [[electronic resource]] : an ethical study of U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance, 2001-2009 / / Michelle Louise Atkin

• Autore: Atkin Michelle Louise
• Pubblicazione: Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (157 p.)
• Disciplina: 327.1273
• Soggetto topico: Intelligence service - Law and legislation - United States - History; Intelligence service - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History; National security - Law and legislation - United States; Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States
• Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; I: Information Ethics in the Post-9/11 Period; 1 Information Ethics in the Post-9/11 Period; 2 Philosophical Approaches to Information Ethics; II: Civil Liberties in Insecure Times: Case Studies in Applied Ethics; 3 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act; 4 Warrantless Surveillance; 5 FISA Modernization; III: The Future of Privacy in Post-9/11 America; 6 Privacy Rights and Limits of Government Intrusion; 7 The Future of Privacy in Post-9/11 America; Appendixes; Appendix A: U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT of 2001; Appendix B: The Protect America Act of 2007 ; Appendix C: U.S.A. PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005Appendix D: The FISA Amendments Act of 2008; Appendix E: R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Appendix F: Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968); Bibliography; Index; About the Author
• Sommario/riassunto: This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of intelligence studies, law, political science and philosophy. Using the post 9/11 period as its backdrop, it examines questions concerning the limits of government intrusion on protected Fourth Amendment rights. From the introduction of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act and amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to the Terrorist Surveillance Program, the author develops and applies a normative ethical framework based on a legal proportionality test that can be applied to fut
• Titolo autorizzato: Balancing liberty and security
• ISBN: 1-4422-1910-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910452334603321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Security and Professional Intelligence Education Series