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Jessi Smith
Jamie McBeth Smith
English 1010 -27
April 29, 2015
Annotated Bibliography
Introduction : My research was to find out more information about where we
draw the line between our rights and our safety. It is very important that we ensure our
own and our families safety with flying. After 9/11 The Patriot Act was put into place to
help the government catch terrorist or terrorist like behaviors from happening by being
able to hack into our computers, phone calls, texts, and other sorts of communications.
Andrew, Courtney, and Farrell Walter. "Homeland Security and Civil Liberties." Salem Press
Encyclopedia (2015): Research Starters. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
In the article Homeland Security and Civil Liberties; Andrew, Courtney, and
Farrell Walter are giving us a basic timeline and history of the patriot act and other
associated groups. In the beginning they talk about how the Patriot Act was put into
place after 9/11/2001 and in which it basically states that the government can use any
essential tools to stop the attacks from terrorists. This created a group that was against
it because it violated many rights that people have as American citizens. Although they
have been using this system on crimes such as drug dealing people started to think the
racial profiling was a big part of it which then leads into the way terrorists were being
treated while they were being held at these terrorist prisons. Obama tried to put an end
to it but we have yet to have full closed it.

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This article was very informational. It was able to clear up a lot of my thoughts
throughout all the other sources and it really helped me to figure out my take on civil
rights and how we can stop terrorism. It looks farther into the history and gives us an
actual setup of what events came first and the order they happened.
The authors did a great job and show Kairos. They have an actual section talk all
about what is happening right now because of all of these early decision and impacts.
The authors show their credibility by listing all of their cites at the bottom and any other
additional sites they may have used to collect all of their information. This passage did
show some pathos in the beginning by talking about 9/11 which was a great lead in.
Carden, Art. "TSA rituals don't make us safer." USA Today 2014: Opposing Viewpoints in
Context. Web. 7 Apr. 2015
In the article TSA Rituals Dont Make us Safer, Art Carden hits three main points:
Security Theater, how we are less safe because of TSA, and lastly the cost of homeland
security. The security theater is the steps we physically go through in an airport. The
author refers to it as unnecessary and insulting. He then says that TSA is actually
unsafe. The drive to the airport is more dangerous than the flight itself, which makes all
of these extra steps unnecessary. And lastly he uses two professors to explain how the
U.S. is putting too much money into these programs. The author then concludes by
saying that the TSA tries to remind us the terrorism is very common, when actually it is
not and because of that the government is spending too much money into these
preventions.

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The author believes that the true reasoning for TSA and is not there. He believe
that homeland security is spending way more money on this issue than we should be,
due to the idea that we actually do not have a lot of active terrorism in our country. He
feels the way the airport handle the security check points as almost unprofessional and
insulting. He believes that these flights are safe enough. So safe that the drive to the
airport is more dangerous, than the actual terror threat itself.
The author didnt not do a great job at persuasion. He didnt reach out to a lot of
his rhetorical appeals. He had no true emotion in his article, he didnt give himself any
credibility. He does use some statistics and gave credit to the two professors in their
professions and he states their conclusion about homeland security and its costs. He
does not use kairos, but it was highlighted by the actually article itself because of our
current situation.
Pizzo, Lucia. "USA PATRIOT Act." Salem Press Encyclopedia (2015): Research Starters. Web. 12
Apr. 2015.
In the article USA PATRIOT Act., Lucia Pizzo explains what the act was actually
put in place for and what complications came along with it. In the beginning, it tell us
exactly what the act actually does for our country, how it is put in place to protect us
but many people view it as unconstitutional. It brought a lot of new technologies to help
the government be able to stop terrorists, and it also helped to show the areas in which
we are weak when it comes to protection. It brought in our airport security, the
suspicion of immigrants which created a lot of controversy, and allowing the

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government officials to secretly search peoples homes and other person properties. In
the article they state that the government must find a way to protect American lives
while protecting American lives.
The article helped a lot with understand what the patriot act actually does for
our country and our people. It states all the great reasons as why it was put into place
and how it is beneficial still currently in our modern day life. Towards the end it starts to
show a little bit more of a sour opinion on what is actually happening to Americans
rights when this act was put into place. Some proposed that it was even violating the 1st
amendment, freedom of speech and the 4th amendments, which protects Americans
from unreasonable searches and seizures.
Overall, Pizzo made very good points and had a very informational paper;
although, I feel I never really understood if the author had an actual viewpoint. The
paper shared no pathos, because it was mostly informational. If the author wanted to
have some emotion than maybe they could have shared some stories about how an
immigrant was treated because they were on a suspicious list of the governments. In
the ethos the author shows his credibility by citing all his sources; although he doesnt
make a name for himself, he is just simply relying on the back up of the other authors.
"TSA chief: 'Threats are real, stakes are high'." USA Today 2014: Opposing Viewpoints in
Context. Web. 7 Apr. 2015.
In the article TSA Chief: Threats are real, stakes are high, the speaker was asked
multiple questions about the enhancements the TSA will be making and how it will be

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effecting people who travel via air plane. USA Todays editors went to a meeting and
asked multiple questions to John Pistole including: why doesnt the TSA allow even little
pocket knives on board the air craft? The chief shows interests but then explains to them
that the crew was attacked with box cutters and other small knives and it counteracts
that proposal. The conversation goes back and forth asking multiple questions about the
restrictions on what passengers can and cannot bring onto a plane, and the reasons for
that.
The questions that were asked to Pistole were clarifying a lot of information for
the people reading the article. If people had questions about why they couldnt bring
liquids onto a plane or why pocket knives arent allowed onto the plane, this would be a
great source to go to for information or questions they might have. For me, it was almost
like I was interviewing the chief myself and i was able to get good solid information from
it.
The ethos in this paper was great, it was from a very credible resource and it was
his exact answers to these questions a lot of common people have. Pathos was not as
strong. It was not appealing to many emotions, he did talk about 9/11 which could bring
out emotion for some readers, but the article was more of an informational piece. Logos
is used in every single one of Pistoles answers, he will say why they are or arent doing
something, and then continue to back it up using logic, experiences, and evidence. Kairos
can be reached, but it is not formally addressed.

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"Warrantless surveillance to continue without Patriot Act extension." The New American 2014:
7. Academic OneFile. Web. 12 Apr. 2015.
In this particular article, Warrantless surveillance to continue without Patriot Act
extension, states that the warrantless surveillance will continue after June of 2015 with
or without congresss approval. The act was already signed and passed by President
Reagan and has been interpreted to include warrantless surveillance. The author starts
to talk about how our government is losing it checks and balances system.
The author makes a good point about our government losing its checks and
balances systems. The idea that the government can now monitor anything and
everything legally without the permission or letting the people know that they are
currently being investigated can cause a lot of issues in our rights system. Even if the
congress was to decide that this law was unconstitutional and try to remove it, their say
would basically be waved because it was already passed and signed by the president.
The author successfully uses logos and ethos by using statements like former
Senate Intelligence Committee lawyer Michael Davidson told the New York Times by
stating the name and then saying his profession in relation to the passage it shows that
he is a credible source and then the readers will have more trust for the actual author.
The author however does not use a lot of pathos to persuade people, he actually uses
more of a reality check when he states that the government is manipulating the system
and checks and balances. A lot of people may have never known that the government
was running the way that they are, and this will surely prove their manipulation.

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Conclusion: all of my articles widened my ideas of what actually happened after

9/11 to our now new and upcoming threats. These articles actually changed my mind
the more I read about what these people had to say. Most I could agree with but when I
tried to start writing down my thought my mind kept arguing back with me on what I
believed was right. All the authors were very informational and it helped me too
become more credible author myself with this information to back me up.