Looking Back, Moving Ahead

[OneBlueSky]

interesting week-long series in The Journal News (Westchester/Rockland, New York) regarding where we've been and where we're going following 9/11:
http://www.thejournalnews.com/9-11/index.html

todays's entry:

Security at the Expense of Liberty

Immigrants lose out in war on terror, critics say
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/090803/a0108liberties.html

Muslim man's supporters criticize his imprisonment
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/090803/a0108hudson.html

Editorial: Security vs. Liberty
http://www.thejournalnews.com/newsroom/090803/08edpatriot.html

(snip)

"So much secrecy surrounds the government's anti-terrorism activities that it is difficult to make the direct connection between the Patriot Act and preventive action. The affront to civil liberties that Americans have come to take for granted, and the potential for abuse, contained in some provisions of the act are clear, however."

(snip)

"The eloquence used in defense of liberties has overmatched Ashcroft's arguments for security.

"Sen. Russell Feingold, D-Wis., who has sponsored legislation aimed at the library searches, said it all: "We do not need to change the values that constitute who we are as a nation in order to protect ourselves from terrorism."


interesting reading, with more to follow throughout the week . . .

http://www.thejournalnews.com/9-11/index.html