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Author Romero, Anthony D.

Title In defense of our America : the fight for civil liberties in the age of terror / Anthony D. Romero and Dina Temple-Raston.

Imprint New York : William Morrow, c2007.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe 3rd Floor Stacks  323.49 R664i 2007    ---  Available
 Eureka Non-Fiction  323.4 Rom    ---  Available
Edition 1st ed.
Description xvi, 252 p., [16] p. of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (p. [215]-239) and index.
Contents Finding John -- Two wraths from God -- Outside forces -- The search for credible threats -- Taking the gloves off -- Ethical lapses -- A world of pipe carriers -- A breakdown in communication -- The beginning of something much bigger -- Storm chasing -- Taking initiative.
Summary The executive director of the ACLU takes a critical look at civil liberties in this country at a time when constitutional freedoms are in peril. Using the stories of real Americans on the frontlines of the fight for civil liberties, this book examines the dangerous erosion of the Bill of Rights in the age of the War on Terror. Readers are taken behind the scenes of some important civil liberties cases, including: the National Security Agency's warrantless spying program; legal battles over the rights of individuals suspected of terrorism, such as John Walker Lindh (the "American Taliban"); South Dakota's attempts to place an outright ban on abortions in the face of an attempt to open an abortion clinic on an Indian reservation; a modern-day Scopes trial over "intelligent design" in Dover, Pennsylvania; and a gay teenager sentenced to 17 years for having consensual sex with a younger teenage boy.--From publisher's description.
Subject Civil rights.
National security.
Terrorism -- Prevention.
Civil rights -- Kansas.
Gay teenagers -- Kansas.
Gay rights -- Kansas.
Added Author Temple-Raston, Dina.
Added Title Fight for civil liberties in the age of terror
ISBN 9780061142567
0061142565
Standard No. YDXCP 2500625

 
    
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