Assignment #4

For all:
Review the details and impact of the USA PATRIOT ACT (yes, it is an acronym). Find information at the Library of Congress website:
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.03162:

To think about:
How does this vision/reality of national security relate to Machiavelli and ideas of privacy as articulated in Griswold among other places. What assumptions does the PATRIOT ACT make about government secrecy?

To write in the blog post:
Compare and contrast Machiavelli with More: What are they saying about the ideal of the individual? How does this vision of the individual relate to the balance between the public and the private?

Your group discussion should cover both of these topics.