IQ2 debate: Does the mass collection of phone records violate the Fourth Amendment?
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Alli McCracken joins activists protesting the surveillance of U.S. citizens by the NSA outside the Justice Department where U.S. President Barack Obama gave a major speech on reforming the NSA January 17, 2014 in Washington, DC.
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Some say the mass collection of US phone records is an invasion of privacy and others say it is necessary to keep us safe. Is the collection of phone records a "search" or a "seizure?"
The Intelligence Squared debate motion is: Mass collection of US phone records violates the Fourth Amendment.
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