Are Efforts to Reduce Terrorism Successful? | Expanded Law Enforcement Powers Violate Civil Liberties
Nick Gillespie is editor in chief of Reason, a libertarian magazine.
When Americans unquestioningly sacrifice their civil liberties for the promise of security, they dishonor those who died in the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. Enhanced law enforcement powers such as those granted by the USA PATRIOT Act limit civil liberties in the name of security but provide little safety, challenging what is inherently free and honorable about America. Any threat to civil liberties should be viewed with suspicion, for a free society is eroded not overnight but over time; already...
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