Taking liberties [electronic resource] : the war on terror and the erosion of American democracy / Susan N. Herman.
Herman, Susan N.
2011
KF9430 .H47 2011eb
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Title
Taking liberties [electronic resource] : the war on terror and the erosion of American democracy / Susan N. Herman.
Author
Herman, Susan N.
ISBN
9780199782758 (electronic bk.)
9780199782543
Publication Details
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, USA, 2011.
Language
English
Description
1 online resource (ix, 276 p.) : ill., forms.
Call Number
KF9430 .H47 2011eb
Dewey Decimal Classification
344.7305/32517
Summary
"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, we have done it without really understanding what those restrictions are or the extent of their reach. Moreover, we tend to think that if the national security state overreaches, we shouldn't worry--the courts will come to the rescue and rein it in. In Taking Liberties, Susan Herman explains how this came to be. Beginning in late 2001, the Bush Administration undertook a series of measures, some of which were understandable and valid given the context, to expand federal surveillance authority. Yet as she shows through a series of gripping episodes involving ordinary Americans, they overreached to the point eroding basic constitutional liberties. Herman spells out in vivid detail why all Americans should be worried about the governmental dragnet that has slowly and at times imperceptibly expanded its coverage over the American public. The erosion of civil liberties doesn't just impact immigrants, Americans of Middle Eastern descent, or Guantanamo detainees, but any American who appears to be engaging in provocative political activity. Taking Liberties is a wake-up call for all Americans, who remain largely unaware of the post-9/11 surveillance regime's insidious and continuing growth"-- Provided by publisher.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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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©♭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.

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