Overview
Tracing the history of government intrusions on Constitutional rights in response to threats from abroad, Cole and Dempsey warn that a society in which civil liberties are sacrificed in the name of national security is in fact less secure than one in which they are upheld.A new chapter includes a discussion of domestic spying, preventive detention, the many court challenges to post-9/11 abuses, implementation of the PATRIOT ACT, and efforts to reestablish the checks and balances left behind in the rush to strengthen governmental powers.
- | Author: David Cole
- | Publisher: New Press
- | Publication Date: Mar 01, 2006
- | Number of Pages: 322 pages
- | Binding: Paperback or Softback
- | ISBN-10: 1565849396
- | ISBN-13: 9781565849396
