Explain whether the United States government may collect phone, email, and other electronic and non-electronic data from Americans, on a mass basis, without a warrant and/or probable cause.

Prior to beginning work on this assignment, review the Objective 1.1 and 1.2 of the DHS Strategic Plan: FY2020-2024. Then read Chapter 5 in your primary text, Kim’s (2017) Fourth Amendment, and Gray’s (2016) “Fourth Amendment Remedies as Rights: The Warrant Requirement.” Also watch Edward Snowden at TED2014: Here’s How We Take Back the Internet and Richard Ledgett at TED2014: The NSA Responds to Edward Snowden’s TED Talk.

Prepare a persuasive paper in which you:

-Examine the role of intelligence in countering terrorism in America.
-Analyze the constitutional issues (in particular the Fourth Amendment) surrounding the concept of gathering
information to develop intelligence domestically.
-Explain whether the United States government may collect phone, email, and other electronic and non-electronic
data from Americans, on a mass basis, without a warrant and/or probable cause.
-Support your position with scholarly or official government sources from readings and research.
-Explain the role of intelligence in countering terrorism.
-Explain the constitutional limitations on gathering intelligence.
-Explain why and how gathering intelligence from Americans without a warrant or probable cause is or is not
permissible.