Civil Liberties | Government Anti- Terrorism Measures Threaten to Severely Weaken Civil Liberties

About the author: Valerie L. Demmer is an editorial consultant at the Humanist, the magazine of the American Humanist Association.

In response to the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, the Bush administration reacted swiftly and boldly, implementing programs it claimed would strengthen the security of the United States. President George W. Bush, Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld, and Attorney General John Ashcroft have all adopted a firm and unyielding stance in executing their focused reply to the menace of global terrorism. An unfortunate byproduct of these...

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