by Noah Leavitt

CounterPunch

09/13/04

Review of Elaine Cassel's new book The War on Civil Liberties:

Members of the Bush Administration -- especially Attorney General John Ashcroft -- have claimed that this is proof of the success of their anti-terror laws, and proof that extending and expanding these laws will make us even safer. Indeed, at the Republican convention, high-level politicians said that Congress must not only reauthorize, but strengthen such legislation. But even if the laws are effective -- and a very strong case can be made that they are not -- can we afford the civil liberties cost? ... Elaine Cassel reminds us how much the legal landscape has changed in this short period."

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Informant: Thomas L. Knapp