The War on Our Freedoms is a collection of essays examining the impact of U.S. government policies on civil liberties following the attacks of September 11, 2001. Edited by Richard C. Leone and Greg Anrig, Jr., the book presents analyses by legal experts, journalists, and academics on major changes in law enforcement, national security, and privacy protections. The authors critique the expansio…
In each generation, for different reasons, America witnesses a tug of war between the instinct to suppress and the instinct for openness. Today, with the perception of a mortal threat from terrorists, the instinct to suppress is in the ascendancy. Part of the reason for this is the trauma that our country experienced on September 11, 2001, and part of the reason is that the people who are in ch…