NSA Cutbacks

Barack Obama is thinking about cutting back the Nation Security Agency spying program. This is after the National Security Agency was accused of spying not only on other countries officials but also on American citizens. I have talked about this topic before but with the new situation that has been presented I feel like it is a good idea to talk about it again. Is this a good idea by President Barack Obama? Or could it lead to more harm than good?

The NSA was designed to help military intelligence force and to help catch any person who was a threat to national security. But there has been reports saying that they have gone as far as listening to normal peoples phone calls here in America. Yes, this might be a problem but has it ever really hurt and body? It is not like they are listening to everybody’s conversations and they are not using it against anybody. It is keeping our nation safe to say the least and I believe that any cut backs in funding for the National Security Agency could lead to high threats for homeland security.

All-in-all, the National Security Agency is in business for the safety of our own people. They are not doing it to just spy on some random phone call or read some useless emails that a business has received. They are there to make sure that this nation stays as safe as it is now and works to keep it like that. This nation might have to be on high alert and be suspicious of everybody if there is not a higher power like the NSA doing that for us.

So far the NSA has caught countless amounts of terrorists who have plotted to hurt people and destroy buildings and even towns across the nation. Without the intelligence from the NSA the Underwear bomber who planned to blow up a plane a few years back might have gotten away with his plan. Also, they helped stop the bombing that could have happened in Times Square in New York City if they would not have listened to someone’s phone call or read a particular person email. All I am saying is that they are doing this for our own good and without this agency the United States might be in big trouble. More bomb threats, more attacks on American civilians, and even mass shootings could be more frequent if the spying program is reduced or even suspended.