thir
09-14-2017, 11:07 AM
Is the loss of civil rights worth it? Loss of privacy? Does it give more security?
"After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government changed its domestic policies in a lot of ways that did little to keep its residents safer from terrorism, even as it infringed on civil liberties and weakened basic protections against government abuses."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/terror-civil-liberties/487115/
This is also of interest, for those with lots of time to look into it:
War on Terror: Crackdown on Civil Rights; War on Freedom ? Global Issues (http://www.globalissues.org/article/354/crackdown-on-civil-rights-war-on-freedom)
"After the September 11 attacks, the U.S. government changed its domestic policies in a lot of ways that did little to keep its residents safer from terrorism, even as it infringed on civil liberties and weakened basic protections against government abuses."
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2016/06/terror-civil-liberties/487115/
This is also of interest, for those with lots of time to look into it:
War on Terror: Crackdown on Civil Rights; War on Freedom ? Global Issues (http://www.globalissues.org/article/354/crackdown-on-civil-rights-war-on-freedom)