TY - BOOK AU - Cole,David AU - Dempsey,James X. TI - Terrorism and the constitution: sacrificing civil liberties in the name of national security SN - 9781565849396 (pbk.) AV - KF 4850 C689t 2006 PY - 2006/// CY - New York PB - New Press KW - United States KW - Federal Bureau of Investigation KW - Estados Unidos KW - Oficina Federal de Investigaciones KW - Constitution KW - 1st Amendment KW - Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act of 1996 KW - National security KW - Law and legislation KW - Seguridad nacional KW - Legislación KW - Terrorism KW - Prevention KW - Terrorismo KW - Prevención KW - Civil rights KW - Derechos civiles KW - 20151200 N1 - Dempsey's name appears first on the original 2nd edition; Fully revised and updated edition; Includes bibliographical references (p. [251]-290) and index; Preface to the third edition -- Foreword to the third edition / Nancy Talanian and Kit Gage -- Introduction -- Part I : Investigating First Amendment activities : the FBI before September 2001-- The FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 ; The investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 ; Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First! -- Part II : Control vs. discretion : the limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority -- Mechanisms for control of the FBI ; Reform and retrenchment ; Constitutional limits-the role of the judiciary -- Part III : The 1996 Antiterrorism Acts : curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism -- Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act ; The 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions ; The impact of the 1996 act -- Part IV: After 9/11 : fighting a war on terror, at home and abroad ; New challenges, old dilemmas ; Detention and interrogation ; The Patriot Act - unleashing government spying, reducing oversight ; Casting a broad net, catching few big fish ; Conclusion N2 - "In this vivid and important critique of the government's response to terrorism, a prominent constitutional scholar and one of the nation's leading experts on privacy warn that civil liberties are being needlessly sacrificed without effectively protecting national security."--BOOK JACKET ER -