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The war on our freedoms : civil liberties in an age of terrorism / edited by Richard C. Leone and Greg Anrig, Jr.

Contributor(s): Leone, Richard C | Anrig, Greg, 1960-
Material type: TextTextPublisher: New York, N.Y. : BBS PublicAffairs, [2003]Copyright date: ©2003Edition: First editionDescription: xi, 317 pages ; 21 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1586482106 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781586482107 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Civil rights -- United States | September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001 | War on Terrorism, 2001-2009 | Terrorism -- United States -- Prevention | United States -- Politics and government -- 2001-2009DDC classification: 323/.0973 LOC classification: JC599.U5 | W313 2003Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographic references.
Contents:
Introduction : the quiet republic: the missing debate about civil liberties after 9/11 / Richard C. Leone -- A familiar story: lessons from past assaults on freedoms / Alan Brinkley -- Security and liberty: preserving the values of freedom / Anthony Lewis -- No checks, no balances: discarding bedrock constitutional principles / Stephen J. Schulhofer -- "The least worst place": life on Guantánamo / Joseph Lelyveld -- Under a watchful eye: incursions on personal privacy / Kathleen Sullivan -- Who are "we" now? the collateral damage to immigration / Roberto Suro -- The new American dilemma: racial profiling post-9/11 / Christopher Edley, Jr. -- From saviors to suspects: new threats to infectious disease research / Patricia Thomas -- Need to know: governing in secret / John Podesta -- Watchdogs on a leash: closing doors on the media / John F. Stacks -- The fog of war: covering the war on terrorism / Stanley Cloud -- The go-for-broke presidency: can national unity and partnership coexist / E.J. Dionne, Jr. -- On the home front: a lawyers struggle to defend rights after 9/11 / Ann Beeson.

"A Century Foundation book."

Includes bibliographic references.

Introduction : the quiet republic: the missing debate about civil liberties after 9/11 / Richard C. Leone -- A familiar story: lessons from past assaults on freedoms / Alan Brinkley -- Security and liberty: preserving the values of freedom / Anthony Lewis -- No checks, no balances: discarding bedrock constitutional principles / Stephen J. Schulhofer -- "The least worst place": life on Guantánamo / Joseph Lelyveld -- Under a watchful eye: incursions on personal privacy / Kathleen Sullivan -- Who are "we" now? the collateral damage to immigration / Roberto Suro -- The new American dilemma: racial profiling post-9/11 / Christopher Edley, Jr. -- From saviors to suspects: new threats to infectious disease research / Patricia Thomas -- Need to know: governing in secret / John Podesta -- Watchdogs on a leash: closing doors on the media / John F. Stacks -- The fog of war: covering the war on terrorism / Stanley Cloud -- The go-for-broke presidency: can national unity and partnership coexist / E.J. Dionne, Jr. -- On the home front: a lawyers struggle to defend rights after 9/11 / Ann Beeson.

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