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Title

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

Author

Cole, David, 1958-

Publication

New York : The New Press, ©2002.

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Additional Authors

Dempsey, James X.

Description

xvii, 231 pages; 23 cm

Subject

• Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 (United States)
• Civil rights
• Civil rights > United States
• Constitution (United States)
• National security > Law and legislation
• National security > Law and legislation > United States
• Terrorism > Prevention
• Terrorism > United States > Prevention
• United States
• United States
• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
• United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 203-231).

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

1. Introduction. PART I. Investigating First Amendment activities: the FBI's recent history: 2. The FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 -- 3. The investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 -- 4. Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First! PART II. Control vs. discretion: the limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority: 5. Mechanisms for control of the FBI -- 6. Seventy-five years of reform and retrenchment -- 7. Constitutional limits: the role of the judiciary. PART III. The 1996 and 2001 antiterrorism acts: curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism: 8. Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act -- 9. The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions -- 10. The impact of the 1996 act -- 11. Fighting a war against terrorism at home and abroad -- 12. Conclusion. Appendix: Law professors' petition.

ISBN

• 1565847822
• 9781565847828

LCCN

2001098886

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library