The Patriot Act: A controversy

This measure taken by the U.S. government has made people divide in two parts: some of them think that the  Patriot Act is the best measure to protect America from new terrorist attacks; but, on the other hand, the rest of those people think that it is an exaggerated way of assuring the U.S. security. In my opinion, taking measures to protect your country is what any president or government would have done in case of terrorism but if these measures go against its own citizens, those measures are not complying with the objectives for which they were created. In the video we watched where an adolescent was arrested for joking about a bomb that he was supposed to explode in his school, we notice that the Patriot Act has caused paranoic reactions from the authorities and, in this case, instead of giving protection, it is going against American citizens. Although, this is an isolated case, perhaps there has been other cases that. In spite of this, we can't blame some Americans for feeling paranoic after all they are trying to prevent terrorist attacks like the 9/11 one that killed a lot of their love ones.However, as I said before, measures must ensure security of everybody without restricting their rights.