Blog 5 summary

In the first blog post Jenna spoke about her shock that Nassir could be taken into custody based on the belief that he may be involved with terrorist attacks simply because he has been in contact via email with an Islamic man. However, Jenna did agree with the restrictions on civil liberties that have been strictly put in place since 9/11. Jenna pointed out that although it does come across as unfair that we are obviously discriminating against certain cultures and people who have interest in or relations to certain culture, the restrictions put in place are for the safety of our country—which when you look at as the big picture is more important. Jenna ended by pointing out that she does think Nassir should have been released as soon as the mistake had been realized.

Cassandra made the point that “holding military detainees as suspects and not as criminals is a threat to civil liberties”. Cassandra does believe that the government, especially after 9/11, should have stricter enforcements even if it does mean detaining people who make threats against our country. She quoted the video when it said ‘”a threat is not simply intention, it is also accessibility to methods’”, and expanded on this thought by saying that there is no way to know if someone who makes a threat will or will not follow through with it. Cassandra also pointed out that detaining suspects is important because of the threat to the community if the suspect were released. She stated the fact that over 120 people have been indicted in federal court on terrorism charges over the past two years. She ends by saying that detaining these people who have made threats is all a part of making our country a safer place to live.