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Ariadna Rivas
MAH
1
st
period
Xipolitas
“Security Surveillance”

From the early years of America there has been people looking after the safety of the
American people. People from all over the country are being watched and taken care of. Security
and surveillance was created to be able to live without fear, these days security has branched
from general safety to personal use. In this essay it will partake on a journey of the history of
security surveillance.
It began in 1791 when the bill of right was created, one of the amendments, the fourth to
be specific was created by the founders they believed a mans house was his protection against
danger. It gave the American people the right to not be searched with a reason and detailed paper
work of what they are searching also under what circumstances, that included the person, their
home, papers and effects.an example of when a police officer would have the right to search a
person or pat them down if the officer saw them committing a crime such as trespassing or
assault. The Bill Of Rights had both short and long term affects, some of the short term effects
were he removal of how much power the state government had and gave o/it to the national
government. Also the fear that came along with the Bill of Rights was that the United States
federal government would transform into the British government by creating the Bill of Rights it
assured people the American people that the government would not be able to take control of
their personal affects without reason or warrant. The long term effects included the aid it gave

Americans to reassure them of their rights by telling us the government cannot violate our rights
and also making it a felony to take away our freedom of speech and or religion. During 1928,
Olmstead v. United States the Supreme Court decided that evidence received from recorded calls
was admissible in court due to the fact they did not consider it a physical object, although this
was later countermanded. Some of the long term affects this case had was the realization of the
importance of he privacy of a phone call, “no difference between a phone call and a sealed letter”
this was said by Justice Louis Brandeis . In 1934 wiretapping became a legal act used by the
Federal Communications Commission (FCC) as long as the information they acquired is not
disclosed.
During the year 1945 project SHAMROCK was created by The Armed Forces Security
Agency (AFSA) its was a sneaky way to spy on al incoming or exiting telegrams from the
United States without the us of a warrant. It was a very successful that they were receiving up to
150,000 messages on their most trafficked month. It was considered one of the biggest program
the Americans ever dealt with that handled seizing information. Less than a decade later I’m