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Imbalance of Powers:
How Changes to U.S. Law & Policy Since 9/11
Erode Human Rights and Civil Liberties
Basic human rights protections and civil liberties have steadily eroded in the 18 months since the Sept. 11 attacks, Human Rights First said in a new report called “Imbalance of Powers.”
Imbalance of Powers – Full Report
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IntroductionOn Open Government
On Right to Privacy
On
Treatment of Immigrants, Refugees and Minorities On Security Detainees and the Criminal
Justice System
On The United States and International Human Rights Protection
Recommendations
Michael
Posner on the erosion of civil liberties since 9/11 (3 minutes)
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Read the
precursor to Imbalance of Powers:
“A Year of Loss: Reexamining Civil Liberties Since September
11 (September 2002)” which covers the period from September
2001 to September 2002