CLEAN: Trading privacy for security

The video discusses the failures of intelligence and law enforcement agencies, highlighting the lack of oversight and the resulting abuses. It covers the widespread surveillance of advocacy groups, the ineffective use of the Patriot Act, and the challenges in evaluating these authorities. The video also addresses the public's broken ability to assert rights due to state secrets privilege and critiques radicalization theories and secret government interpretations.

What was the initial reaction to the failures of intelligence and law enforcement agencies?

• To dismantle the agencies

• To increase public oversight

• To give them more unchecked power

• To reduce their authority

What did the ACLU discover through their Freedom of Information Act requests?

• Only environmental groups were targeted

• Widespread surveillance of advocacy groups

• Surveillance was limited to criminal groups

• No surveillance was conducted

What is a major concern regarding the Patriot Act 10 years after 9/11?

• It has been completely effective

• It only targets guilty individuals

• It has been repealed

• Its effectiveness has not been evaluated

What issue arises from the FBI's increased authority with less oversight?

• It prevents all terrorist attacks

• It targets only guilty individuals

• It wastes resources and violates rights

• It has no impact on public rights

What is the problem with the government's radicalization theories?

• They are widely accepted by experts

• They are based on empirical studies

• They accurately predict terrorist behavior

• They are not supported by evidence