The correct answer is - yes, it violates civil liberties.
Explanation:
After the incident of 9/11, the Patriot Act was enforced in the name of national security, which violates the fourth amendment that allows civil liberties. This act modified the surveillance laws.
By this modification, it is easier for the government to invade the privacy of ordinary Americans by monitor phone and email communications, collect bank and credit reporting records, and other private information.
There's nothing a government can do to clean it up as long as 100 million people keep dumping in it, and that will continue until an alien life form spontaneously rises out of its sacred waters some moon-lit night and terrorizes some town's people.