Speaker

In Large, Tony Lang from the FBI came to talk about his job and how it relates to what we are learning about: the Patriot Act, the Military Commisions Act, and the Constitution. He had a unique perspective, being in the FBI. I thought it was interesting when he was talking about how they listen in on people's phone conversations and read emails. We talked about that in class a bit. He explained how he became an FBI agent, too. He talked about the Military Commissions Act and the Patriot act, but also about other things, like how they extract infformation out of people. There was kind of a discussion about whether they should be allowed to do that, like torture people if they think they have information. These are all controversial topics, most of them dealing with the issue of personal rights and freedoms versus precautions for the safety of the country. Usually, I think that protecting the country is more important, but then again I'd rather not have people listening to my phone conversations or rifling through my locker. I thought it was all really interesting and he had time for people to ask questions.