Muslim-American Terrorism Down in 2010
The number of Muslim Americans involved in terrorist threats declined in 2010 from the previous year, although you wouldn’t know that from the tone of a congressional hearing scheduled for Thursday on...
View ArticleBuilding Mosques: Realpolitik vs. Constitution
The United States Agency for International Development published a proposed rule change in the Federal Register back in March that startled many legal scholars and civil libertarians. The agency, which...
View ArticleTaking Liberties Back From the Patriot Act
America has a long — and at times embarrassing — history of curbing civil liberties in times of perceived peril. There were the Alien and Sedition Acts of the late 1700s, authorizing the deportation of...
View ArticleThe Culture War of National Security
Why is Guantanamo still open? Why has there been no public accounting for the Bush Administration’s use of torture? Why does President Obama successfully claim the right to kill American citizens...
View ArticleFace to Face With More Electronic Privacy Concerns
Whether or not your electronic life is your own to share or not fuels debate over the propriety of U.S. government trolling of phone and Internet sources. But the face you present to the...
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