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...Sept. 11 made things politically possible that never might have been otherwise. The defeat of Vietnam-maimed Sen. Max Cleland on grounds that he was unpatriotic, the prosecution of pre-emptive war in Iraq, the detention of suspects without trial or counsel, the suspension or revisions of numerous civil liberties??all were conceivable only after the attack, and all are deserving of media scrutiny. Yet the media fairly quickly turned its attention elsewhere (new shark attacks). Now, not only has the public forgotten about the survival of al Qaeda, the failure to locate Saddam, the entire anthrax episode...
...Anthony S.A. Freinberg’s recent commentary, though high on bumper-sticker worthy phrases, is vacuous ( Op-ed, “Stealing America’s Civil Liberties,” April 21 ). They never bother to consider that the content of our “civil liberties?? is precisely the question at issue in the debate over how best to combat terrorism...
...common in popular and scholarly commentary—their claim that “few people seem to have noticed the government’s power grab” and that “few commentators have felt the need to speak out about the theft of civil liberties?? is jaw dropping given the Cheop’s Pyramid-like size of the newspaper and scholarly literature their empty rhetoric apes—they do nothing to advance a sensitive and thoughtful debate about ways to protect our nation while at the same time maintaining a free society?...
...severe breaches of normal security procedures. The U.S. government must act swiftly to protect American soil from the danger of future attacks, working not only to prevent a specific duplication of Tuesday’s tragedy, but also to investigate what other measures—consistent with our basic liberties??must be taken to keep Americans safe...