Taking liberties the war on terror and the erosion of American democracy /
"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,...
Основен автор: | Herman, Susan N. |
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Автор-организации: | ebrary, Inc. |
Формат: | Електронен |
Език: | English |
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Oxford ; New York :
Oxford University Press, USA,
2011.
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An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view |
Съдържание:
- Machine generated contents note:
- 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©♭s 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.