Home surveillance has been active in the United States for years now. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) was the first step our government took to help secure our nation electronically. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act of 1978 is a United States federal law that prescribes procedures for collecting physical and electronic surveillance. Over the years, national surveillance has evolved due to terrorist actions on American soil. The September 11 attack in which four coordinated terrorists attacked the Twin Towers and the Pentagon, which occurred in New York and Washington, D.C., was the catalyst for our nation and our security. America has rapidly strengthened security at airports, public areas and cyberspace. President Bush introduced the Patriot Act, which calls for the use of wiretaps, corporate records searches, and surveillance of individuals suspected of terrorism-related activity not linked to terrorist groups after attacks to help find and prevent terrorists from carrying out another inhumane and cowardly act. While these laws have helped in the past, domestic surveillance has quickly become a problem. Former NSA contractor Edward Snowden revealed that mass surveillance was being conducted on the majority of civilians by the NSA and PRISM. These scandals have made citizens uncomfortable thinking in the back of their minds that they could have been or are currently being monitored. The Boston Marathon bombing, in which a known Islamic extremist planted two pressure bombs, killing 3 people and injuring 264 others, is a prime example of why mass surveillance has failed us. Russia warned the United States about the terrorist who had become an extremist and was perhaps involved in extremist groups, the FBI interrogated him and the CIA put him... in the middle of paper... He strenuously defends domestic espionage without Court Approval and calls the Senate's failure to renew the Patriot Act "unforgivable." com. New York, June 2013. Web. November 7, 2013. Deibert, Ronald. “Why NSA Spying Scares the World.” “Senate Insider Speaks Out: Former Wyden Staffer on Secret Laws, Domestic Espionage and Obama's NSA Reforms.” Democracynow.org. Democracy now, August 12, 2013. Web, November 8, 2013. Snowden, Edward “Edward Snowden on Why He Opposed the NSA.” Democracynow.org. Democracy now, 12 August 2013. Web. 8 November 2013. Rehab, Dialogues "Why racial profiling" 7th ed , 2011. 493-95.