The War on Civil Liberties

Description

Examining the legal foundations of the war on terror, this book investigates the loss of the civil liberties of American citizens and legal immigrants. In a detailed look at bills such as the 1996 Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, the USA Patriot Act, and the Homeland Security Act, and executive orders, it provides a comprehensive picture of the war on terror and explores the claimed victories by the Bush administration. Chronicling the major battles with Muslim charities, immigrants, lawyers, and "enemy combatants," this expose reveals how the values and freedoms of all Americans are at risk or have already been destroyed. Also surveyed is the growing grassroots dissent by groups such as the ACLU and the resistance movement against the policies and major figures of the Bush administration.

First Sentence

When President George W. Bush declared a war on "terror," no one, not even Bush himself, could have envisioned how this war would be carried out.

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Other Editions

• The War on Civil Liberties: How Bush and Ashcroft Have Dismantled the Bill of RightsPaperbackLawrence Hill Books2004-09-28
• The War on Civil LibertiesElectronic resourceChicago Review Press2007-01-01
• War on Civil LibertiesChicago Review Press, Incorporated2007-01-01
• War on Civil LibertiesChicago Review Press, Incorporated2007-01-01
• War on Civil LibertiesChicago Review Press, Incorporated2007-01-01