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Terrorism and the constitution : sacrificing civil liberties in the name of national security / David Cole, James X. Dempsey ; foreword by Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextLanguage: Eng Publication details: New York : New Press, 2006.Edition: [3rd ed.]Description: xviii, 302 p. ; 21 cmISBN:
  • 9781565849396 (pbk.)
  • 1565849396 (pbk.)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • KF 4850 C689t 2006
Contents:
Preface to the third edition -- Foreword to the third edition / Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage -- Introduction -- Part I : Investigating First Amendment activities : the FBI before September 2001-- The FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 ; The investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 ; Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First! -- Part II : Control vs. discretion : the limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority -- Mechanisms for control of the FBI ; Reform and retrenchment ; Constitutional limits-the role of the judiciary -- Part III : The 1996 Antiterrorism Acts : curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism -- Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act ; The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions ; The impact of the 1996 act -- Part IV: After 9/11 : fighting a war on terror, at home and abroad ; New challenges, old dilemmas ; Detention and interrogation ; The Patriot Act - unleashing government spying, reducing oversight ; Casting a broad net, catching few big fish ; Conclusion.
Summary: "In this vivid and important critique of the government's response to terrorism, a prominent constitutional scholar and one of the nation's leading experts on privacy warn that civil liberties are being needlessly sacrificed without effectively protecting national security."--BOOK JACKET.
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Libro Libro Biblioteca Juan Bosch Biblioteca Juan Bosch Ciencias Sociales Ciencias Sociales (3er. Piso) KF 4850 C689t 2006 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 1 Available 00000110993

Dempsey's name appears first on the original 2nd edition.

Fully revised and updated edition.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index.

Preface to the third edition -- Foreword to the third edition / Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage -- Introduction -- Part I : Investigating First Amendment activities : the FBI before September 2001-- The FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 ; The investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 ; Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First! -- Part II : Control vs. discretion : the limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority -- Mechanisms for control of the FBI ; Reform and retrenchment ; Constitutional limits-the role of the judiciary -- Part III : The 1996 Antiterrorism Acts : curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism -- Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act ; The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions ; The impact of the 1996 act -- Part IV: After 9/11 : fighting a war on terror, at home and abroad ; New challenges, old dilemmas ; Detention and interrogation ; The Patriot Act - unleashing government spying, reducing oversight ; Casting a broad net, catching few big fish ; Conclusion.

"In this vivid and important critique of the government's response to terrorism, a prominent constitutional scholar and one of the nation's leading experts on privacy warn that civil liberties are being needlessly sacrificed without effectively protecting national security."--BOOK JACKET.

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