InfoTrac Activities
Infotrac Activity 1
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Infotrac Activity 2
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Infotrac Activity 3
Rights in an insecure world: why national security and civil liberty are complements. (National Security) Deborah Pearlstein.
The American Prospect
Oct 2004 v15 i10 pA7(4)
Ashcroft: 0 for 5,000. (Comment)(U.S. Attorney General John Ashcroft)(detention and trying of suspected terrorists in the U.S.)(Column) David Cole.
The Nation
Oct 4, 2004 v279 i10 p20 (788 words)
Instructions: Locate these articles by visiting
http://www.infotrac-college.com
and entering "rights insecure world" and "Ashcroft 5000" as Keyword search terms, and then answer the following questions.
1. Why have discussions in the post 9-11 era focused on the question of whether or not liberty needs to be decreased in order to increase security?
2. Could FBI agents and other government officials have stopped the 9-11 plotters using the system of laws in place before 9-11? If so, why did they not do so?
3. What are some important provisions of the Patriot Act that infringe upon civil liberties?
4. In what sense was Attorney General Ashcroft "0 for 5,000"?
5. What does this record imply for civil liberties?
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