My group has decided to address the issue of the NSA surveillance. This issue is more prevalent now than ever because it is such a recent issue. Americans have been made aware of the NSA spying not only on them but also on world leaders. People are worried because they don't see this as right. Spying on your countries own people is wrong because they are part of the country and deserve the trust of the government. And as for spying on our allies this is also morally wrong because they have trusted us with their peace and we have not respected that by spying on them. Until recently we have been spying on thirty five world leaders, and when Obama was "made aware" of this he  made a decision and ended the program as far as we know. The White House has avoided confirming or denying whether the report is true, instead choosing to reiterate that they are not currently and will not monitor the phone calls of German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who raised the issue in a phone call with Mr. Obama last week. Obama claiming that he did not know about the NSA and their program makes him look weak. CBS News Senior National Security Analyst Juan Zarate said the president should know about surveillance programs at that level, and that it would be the responsibility of the Director of National Intelligence - currently James Clapper - to ensure that Mr. Obama knows the scope of what the intelligence community is doing. Because our country is spying on people and our president is claiming he knows nothing about it, we need to make a change and try and have the people reach out and get congresses attention about this issue. That is what my group is trying to do with our petition. 

work cited
KAPLAN, REBECCA. "Obama Administration Tight-lipped on NSA Surveillance of Allies."CBSNews.        CBS Interactive, 28 Oct. 2013. Web. 30 Oct. 2013.