The war on our freedoms
Subtitle: civil liberties in an age of terrorism
By: edited by Richard C. Leone and Greg Anrig, Jr.
Contributors: Leone, Richard C.; Anrig, Greg, 1960-
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: BBS PublicAffairs
Published: 2003
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 317
ISBN-13: 9781586482107
Subjects: Civil rights -- United States; September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001; War on Terrorism, 2001-; Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention; United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-
Description: Examines the consequences of the war on terrorism through the loss of civil liberties in the name of homeland security.
Notes: "A Century Foundation book."
Table of contents: title: Foreword --; title: Introduction : the quiet republic : the missing debate about civil liberties after 9/11 -- Richard C. Leone -- 1. A; title: familiar story : lessons from past assaults on freedoms -- Alan Brinkley -- 2.; title: Security and liberty : preserving the values of freedom -- Anthony Lewis -- 3.; title: No checks, no balances : discarding bedrock constitutional principles -- Stephen J. Schulhofer -- 4. "The; title: least worst place" : life on Guantánamo -- Joseph Lelyveld -- 5.; title: Under a watchful eye : incursions on personal privacy -- Kathleen Sullivan -- 6.; title: Who are "we: now : the collateral damage to immigration -- Roberto Suro -- 7. The; title: new American dilemma : racial profiling post-9/11 -- Christopher Edley, Jr. -- 8.; title: From saviors to suspects : new threats to infectious disease research -- Patricia Thomas -- 9.; title: Need to know : governing in secret -- John Podesta -- 10.; title: Watchdogs on a leash : closing doors on the media -- John F. Stacks -- 11. The; title: fog of war : covering the war on terrorism -- Stanley Cloud -- 12. The; title: go-for-broke presidency : can national unity and partnership coexist -- E.J. Dionne, Jr. -- 13.; title: On the home front : a lawyers struggle to defend rights after 9/11 -- Ann Beeson; title: Contributors --; title: Acknowledgments.