Civil Liberties Vs. National Security In A Post 9/11 World,9781591022343

Civil Liberties Vs. National Security In A Post 9/11 World

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ISBN13: 9781591022343
ISBN10: 1591022347
Format: Trade Paper
Pub. Date: 2004-10-01
Publisher(s): Prometheus Books
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Summary

This collection of articles addresses the conflict between the protection of civil liberties and the maintenance of national security in the face of terrorist threats. Aiming to make a balanced presentation of the issues, the volume contains selections ranging from the ACLU's critique of the USA Patriot Act to a defense by its chief architect.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments 9(2)
Introduction 11(12)
M. Katherine B. Darmer
PART ONE: CIVIL LIBERTIES IN WARTIME: AN OVERVIEW
Inter Arma Silent Leges
23(8)
William Rehnquist
Lost Liberties: Ashcroft and the Assault on Personal Freedom
31(12)
Aryeh Neier
Selections from the US Constitution
43(6)
Habeas Corpus Statute: 28 United States Code, Section 2241. Power to Grant Writ
49(4)
PART TWO: DOMESTIC SURVEILLANCE
Bigger Monster, Weaker Chains: The Growth of an American Surveillance Society
53(28)
Jay Stanley
Barry Steinhardt
Kyllo v. United States
81(8)
No Checks, No Balances: Discarding Bedrock Constitutional Principles
89(16)
Stephen J. Schulhofer
Freedom and Security after September 11
105(10)
Viet D. Dinh
Fear as Institution: 9/11 and Surveillance Triumphant
115(20)
Christian Parenti
PART THREE: RACIAL PROFILING
Korematsu v. United States
135(12)
Profiling in the Wake of September 11: The Precedent of the Japanese American Internment
147(10)
Frank H. Wu
The Skies Won't Be Safe until We Use Commonsense Profiling
157(6)
Stuart Taylor Jr.
Racial Profiling Revisited: ``Just Common Sense'' in the Fight against Terror?
163(12)
David A. Harris
Guidance Regarding the Use of Race by Federal Law Enforcement Agencies
175(14)
PART FOUR: INTERROGATING SUSPECTS AND TORTURE
Should the Ticking Bomb Terrorist Be Tortured? A Case Study in How a Democracy Should Make Tragic Choices
189(26)
Alan M. Dershowitz
Torture Should Not be Authorized
215(4)
Philip B. Heymann
In Torture We Trust?
219(10)
Eyal Press
Interrogating Suspected Terrorists: Should Torture Be an Option?
229(22)
John T. Parry
Welsh S. White
PART FIVE: HABEAS CORPUS AND ``ENEMY COMBATANTS''
Ex Parte Quirin
251(12)
Padilla v. Rumsfeld
263(32)
No President Is above the US Constitution
295(4)
Nat Hentoff
Erring on Enemy Combatants
299(4)
PART SIX: RECENT DEVELOPMENTS
Memorandum for Alberto R. Gonzales, Counsel to the President from US Department of Justice, Office of Legal Counsel
303(14)
A Plunge from the Moral Heights
317(4)
Richard Cohen
A Crucial Look at Torture Law
321(4)
John C. Yoo
Rumsfeld v. Padilla
325(8)
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
333(34)
Contributors 367(2)
Index 369

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