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Terrorism and the constitution : sacrificing civil liberties in the name of national security

"In this vivid and important critique of the government's response to terrorism, a prominent constitutional scholar and one of the nation's leading experts on privacy warn that civil liberties are being needlessly sacrificed without effectively protecting national security."--Jacket
Print Book, English, 2006
New Press, New York, 2006
xviii, 302 pages ; 21 cm
9781565849396, 9781565847828, 1565849396, 1565847822
63680721
Preface to the third edition
Foreword to the third edition / Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage
Introduction
Part I : Investigating First Amendment activities : the FBI before September 2001
The FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 ; The investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 ; Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First!
Part II : Control vs. discretion : the limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority
Mechanisms for control of the FBI ; Reform and retrenchment ; Constitutional limits-the role of the judiciary
Part III : The 1996 Antiterrorism Act : curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism
Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act ; The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions ; The impact of the 1996 act
Part IV: After 9/11 : fighting a war on terror, at home and abroad ; New challenges, old dilemmas ; Detention and interrogation ; The Patriot Act
unleashing government spying, reducing oversight ; Casting a broad net, catching few big fish ; Conclusion
Dempsey's name appears first on the original 2nd edition