by Carol Rose Henry Steele Commager Annual Speech Greenfield Community College | November 2010 It is an honor to be invited to give the Henry Steele Commager address, since Professor Commager was an ardent defender of the Constitution and the...
In a police state the government maintains a repressive social control over the population, and people have little freedom to exercise political power or openly express controversial views. In many police states, the military is in charge. In the United...
You are leaving work, walking through the city, tweeting about politics and texting your friend about dinner plans. You turn the corner to skip down the stairs to get the train. You are focused on your phone: twitter, the music in your ears. You slide your metro card through the electronic card reader and step inside.
Civil Liberties Update | September 30, 2011 CONTENTS A. EXECUTIVE ACTIONS Building the National Security Surveillance State • “Did US trade freedom for security after 9/11?” • We are all under the gaze of the surveillance state • The best security...
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In the emerging national security surveillance state, clear lines of authority and the division of labor that once defined relations among federal, state and local law enforcement agencies have been blurred and sometimes abandoned altogether. Today, the emphasis is on sharing information...
FBI Profiling On November 9, 2001, the Department of Justice announced that it was circulating a list to the newly-created anti-terrorism task forces of 5,000 foreign men from specific but unnamed countries to be located and interviewed. Five months later, it added...
