Why We Need the NSA

Why We Need the NSA?

By Seven

How It All Began

          In 1952 a group known as the NSA, National Security Agency, was created. They really wanted to keep America safe so they promised to monitor the world around us, gather information, and fully understand the information they received.

          They had to monitor all electronics. This include phones, computers and even emails, but they had to be sneaky.

          At first, the NSA only had to monitor the worlds around. They wanted to make sure the other countries weren't up to bad things.

Everyone was happy....

...but one day something very bad happened.

          On September 11^th, 2001, a very bad group called the Al-Quaeda set up an attack against the United States. This group stole two planes filled with innocent men, women and children. Then crashed this plane into the tallest buildings in New York City, the “twin towers”, killing over 2000 people.

Everyone was scared. They didn't feel safe.

The NSA &the President had a Plan            President George W. Bush and his congress signed an act called the USA PARTRIOT act soon after these attacks. This act was known as the Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism Act of 2011.

          The Patriot act was set up so people could feel safe again. They wanted to eliminate outside threats so they decided to monitor more than what was going on outside of America.

           They started to look at what was going on inside of the US. The NSA started monitoring phone calls, emails, purchases and much more.

          It was a success and thanks to the Patriot Act the NSA has been able to catch many bad guys and groups ever since.