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In the Dark on Wiretaps
Aziz Huq

Almost four months after The New York Times reported that the National Security Agency is spying on Americans in the United States without obtaining judicial warrants, we still are in the dark about what exactly the president ordered the NSA to do.

April 4, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Checks & Balances
At the NSA, the Enemy is Us
Aziz Huq

President Bush famously said that his administration took the battle overseas so that we would not need to fight the war at home. Revelations about the NSA’s warrantless domestic spying suggest that this formulation has the administration’s logic backward: The authority to conduct war elsewhere has been treated as permission to bring the tools of war back home.

March 2, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Checks & Balances
Seeking Truth On Wiretaps
Aziz Huq

Attorney General Alberto Gonzales testifies today to the Senate Judiciary Committee on the National Security Agency’s warrantless spying on Americans at home. The American public has heard a great deal from the Bush administration about its power and the looming terrorist threat. Today, Gonzales is likely to hum more bars of the same tune.

February 6, 2006
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Checks & Balances
The Secrecy Problem in Terrorism Trials
Stephen J. Schulhofer, Serrin Turner

This report aims to advance this debate and, along the way, to identify areas in need of congressional action by exploring the central question at stake: How should we reconcile the competing demands of secrecy, fairness, and accurate decision-making in terrorism trials surrounding habeas corpus?

June 7, 2005
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Checks & Balances
Detainee Policy
Racial Profiling Post 9/11 - Still a Bad Idea

Racial Profiling Post 9/11 - Still a Bad Idea
By Prof. Angela J. Davis
American University Washington College of Law

Since September 11th, some Americans defend the racial profiling of Arab-Americans and describe this practice as a small price to pay and a mere inconvenience to assure safety and security. I disagree. Racial profiling is never justifiable because it is far more harmful than many people realize, and it is basically ineffective as a law enforcement tool.
November 5, 2002
Liberty & National Security
Privacy & Profiling
Racial Justice

Brennan Center for Justice

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