Terrorism and the Constitution : Sacrificing Civil Liberties in the Name of National Security

by Cole, David

• ISBN13: 9781565849396
• ISBN10: 1565849396
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-02-28
• Publisher: New Pr

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.

Author Biography

David Cole is a professor of law at Georgetown University James X. Dempsey is the policy director of the Center for Democracy and Technology and a former assistant counsel to the U.S. House of Representatives Judiciary Subcommittee on Civil and Constitutional Rights

Table of Contents

Preface to the Third Edition	ix
Foreword to the Third Edition by Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage	xiii
1 Introduction	1	(2000)
Part I: Investigating First Amendment Activities: The FBI Before September	2001
2 The FBI's Investigation of Central American Activists, 1981-1985	25	(16)
3 The Investigation and Attempted Deportation of the Los Angeles 8	41	(16)
4 Intelligence Investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First!	57	(16)
Part II: Control vs Discretion: The Limits of Legal Restrictions on the FBI's Authority
5 Mechanisms for Control of the FBI	73	(6)
6 Reform and Retrenchment	79	(28)
7 Constitutional Limits—The Role of the Judiciary	107	(18)
Part III: The 1996 Antiterrorism Act: Curtailing Civil Liberties in the Name of Fighting Terrorism
8 Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act	125	(10)
9 The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's Central Provisions	135	(12)
10 The Impact of the 1996 Act	147	(26)
Part IV: After 9/11: Fighting a War on Terror, at Home and Abroad
11 New Challenges, Old Dilemmas	173	(4)
12 Detention and Interrogation	177	(18)
13 The Patriot Act—Unleashing Government Spying, Reducing Oversight	195	(24)
14 Casting a Broad Net, Catching Few Big Fish	219	(20)
15 Conclusion	239	(12)
Notes	251	(40)
Index	291