Taking liberties : the war on terror and the erosion of American democracy /

Taking liberties : the war on terror and the erosion of American democracy / / Susan N. Herman.

"Since 9/11, the U.S. government has acted in a variety of ways--some obvious, some nearly invisible--to increase its surveillance and detention power over American citizens and residents. While most of us have made our peace with the various new restrictions on our civil liberties after 9/11,...

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Herman, Susan N.
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Year of Publication:2011
Language:English
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Physical Description:ix, 276 p.
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Table of Contents:
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  • Introduction
  • PART I: DRAGNETS AND WATCHLISTS
  • Chapter 1 The Webmaster and the Football Player
  • The Material Support Dragnet
  • The Football Player
  • The Material Support and Material Witness Dragnets
  • Chapter 2. "Foreign Terrorist Organizations," Humanitarians,
  • and the First Amendment
  • The Iranian Democrat
  • Peacemakers and Humanitarians
  • Chapter 3. Charity at Home
  • The Campaign against Charities
  • Collateral Damage to Freedom of Religion and Association
  • Chapter 4 Traveling with Terror
  • Watching the Watchlists
  • Security Theater?
  • The Rights of Others
  • Chapter 5 Banks and Databanks
  • Financial Institutions as TIPSters
  • Watchlists and the Private Sector
  • Does It Work?
  • Collecting the Dots
  • Why Should I Care? - Privacy and Democracy
  • PART II - SURVEILLANCE AND SECRECY
  • Chapter 6 Gutting the Fourth Amendment
  • The Fourth Amendment and Terrorism
  • "Foreign" Intelligence Surveillance, Americans, and the Patriot Act
  • Mayfield v. United States Part II
  • The Secret Court and the One-Sided Litigation
  • A Job for Congress and the Courts
  • Chapter 7 The Patriot Act and Library/Business Records
  • American Librarians
  • Judicial Fumbling
  • Third Party Records and the Fourth Amendment
  • Reconsidering the "Library Provision"
  • Chapter 8 Gagging the Librarians
  • The Library Connection
  • Other Librarian Tales
  • Chapter 9 John Doe and the National Security Letter
  • Why National Security Letters?
  • John Doe and Victor Marrero
  • Loosening the Gag
  • Fourth Amendment Rights for NSL Recipients
  • First Amendment Rights for Internet Users
  • The Inspector General Expos{copy}ŝ 2007-2010
  • National Security Letters, the Fourth Amendment, and Congress
  • Chapter 10 The President's Surveillance Program
  • In the Halls of the Department of Justice
  • The Rubber Stamp Congress
  • Closing the Courthouse Doors
  • Post-FAA Litigation
  • The Secret Court Strikes Again
  • "What Else Is It That We Don't Know?"
  • PART III: RESTORING CHECKS AND BALANCES
  • Chapter 11 American Democracy - The President, the Congress, and the Courts
  • The View from the Oval Office - From Bush to Obama and Beyond
  • The Sleeping Watchdog
  • Secrecy and the Courts
  • The Eclipse of the Courts
  • Conclusion
  • Ordinary Americans
  • Restoring Balance.

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