Home Surveillance Is Home Surveillance Worth It? In 2013, whistleblower Edward Snowden revealed to the American people that the National Security Agency was spying on him. Not only that, but also on world leaders. Domestic surveillance is intended as the first line of defense against terrorism, but it has many disadvantages: it not only violates the lives of Americans, but also spies on our social media, puts a thin limit on their privacy and is a major blow to security . freedom of speech. According to John W. Whitehead, “The fact that the government can now, at any time, access entire telephone conversations, e-mail exchanges, and other communications from months or years past should frighten every American.” (White Head). The NSAAnd the problem is that social media sites are helping the NSA when we have put all our trust in it and it could easily be revoked. According to Rob D'Ovido "We have traded our freedoms for an elusive promise of security, in the eyes of the government" (D'Ovido). For example, Cameron Dambrosio, a teenager from Massachusetts, posted a video online in which he rapped about the Boston Marathon bombing. The rap had references to the White House and the bombing itself, which led to his arrest in May 2013 and to the prosecution. with communicating terrorist threats, which could cost him a twenty-year sentence. It cannot be argued that he used foul language and said rude words, but this does not give officials the right to arrest people on the basis of retaliation. What happens with free speech? People in the Middle East are uprooting entire regimes because they do not guarantee them basic human rights, such as freedom of speech or privacy. For example, let's look at Egypt, which overthrew a regime that had ruled for 40 years. I am not comparing these terrible regimes to our government, all we need is to calculate our choices more and the government should have more trust in the citizens. We live in an era where we are watched by surveillance cameras 24/7 and our calls are intercepted. Even with all the voyeurs, censorship, and spying, free speech is the price you pay for living in a free society right now. That's just the way it is." (Mullins, Domestic Surveillance, 2015). And this is where this quote hit me emotionally, the people of the United States should not be put in this situation. It's like saying I've got a gun on you but I promise I will never pull the trigger, what do I know about the government not pulling the trigger This is not how you society, living in the mania of terrorism, should not prevent the American people from having their basic rights, from living out of fear not should remove the freedom speech. Even with all the unreal evidence, the other side of the field still has no valid point as to whether domestic surveillance ever occurred.