The Bush administration secretly ordered the NSA to eavesdrop after the September 11 terrorist attacks. The base where the NSA operated its eavesdropping program is in Bluff Dale, Utah, the building spans 1,500,000 square feet and has the capacity to hold up to five zeta bytes of data and cost nearly $ 2,000,000,000. The act of spying on US citizens even if they are suspicious is a threat to people's privacy and the privacy of members of other countries is violated by NSA with the act of wiretapping. The act of wiretapping violates privacy laws, such as amendment four of the Bill of Rights which says: "Every person has the right to be protected from unreasonable searches and seizures of his person, his homes, his documents and of all his possessions". The wiretapping controversy has caused panic and hysteria among US citizens and its allies. This panic and hysteria has unsettled the government causing mistrust and concern towards it from both groups. The panic effect of NSA wiretaps has led many people, such as journalists, to limit their freedom of speech out of fear that the NSA will brand them as terrorists and under the First Amendment of the Bill of Rights this constitutes a violation of the right to the freedom of expression of the people consists of the right to freedom of speech, press, assembly and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances, as well as the implied rights of association and belief. NSA wiretaps began when the 9/11 incident occurred, causing the Patriot Act to be implicated. The Patriot Act allows the NSA to collect information about you, such as your education records, medical records, financial records.. . middle of paper... In trade talks with EU." Washington Times, The (DC) (2013): 1. Newspaper source. Web. 15 November 2013. Emord, Jonathan W. "Spying Eyes-- Ears" USA Today Magazine 142.2820 (2013): 57. Master FILE Premier "Beware the NSA." Philadelphia Inquirer, The (PA) May 25, 2006: Newspaper Hill November 18, 2013. Muñoz, Carlo Sink, Justin "NSA Chief Claims of having foiled plots." : 1. Master FILE Premier. Web. 14 November 2013. Ravinsky, Jeremy. "Snooping says: the NSA is not the only one spying on citizens." Christian Science Monitor 12 June 2013: N.PAG 2013 Hernandez, Pedro. “Microsoft Responds to Growing NSA Spying Scandal.” May 2006: 4. MasterFILE Premier Web, December 16. 2013.