Selected Links

Civil Liberties After September 11

Articles, Media

AP story (from Freedom Forum): "55% Oppose Sacrificing Civil Liberties for Security"
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16127

NYT article (from NACDL.org) "Ashcroft Defends Antiterror Plan and Says Criticism May Aid Foes"
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/newsreleases/2001mn067?opendocument

NPR: "Liberty vs. Security"
http://www.npr.org/programs/specials/liberties/011205.index.html

Pluralism Project: "Religious Diversity News"
http://www.pluralism.org/news/

Pluralism Project: "Religious Diversity News - Articles Related to the Aftermath of September 11"
http://www.pluralism.org/news/toc_911.php

San Jose Mercury-News (from Common Dreams): "Lynne Cheney - Joe Lieberman Group Puts Out a Blacklist"
http://www.commondreams.org/views01/1213-05.htm

The Village Voice: "Victims of the Dragnet"
http://www.villagevoice.com/issues/0216/ridgeway.php

Yahoo News: "Arab and Muslim Americans" (updated regularly)
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/fc/US/Arab_and_Muslim_Americans

Government, Other

Text of the Patriot Act, H.R. 3162 (PDF)
http://frwebgate.access.gpo.gov/cgi-bin/getdoc.cgi?dbname=107_cong_bills&docid=f:h3162enr.txt.pdf

Statement of U.S. Senator Russ Feingold on the Anti-Terrorism Bill
http://feingold.senate.gov/~feingold/statements/01/10/102501at.html

U.S. Commission on Civil Rights
http://www.usccr.gov/

U.S. Department of Justice
http://www.usdoj.gov/

Organizations: Resources Statements

American Immigration Law Foundation: "Reference Materials Related to September 11 Terrorist Attack"
http://www.ailf.org/pubed/pe_911_ref_index.asp

Amnesty International: "Counter Terror with Justice: The 'War on Terror' and the Erosion of Human Rights"
http://www.amnesty.org/en/campaigns/counter-terror-with-justice

Cato Institute: "Civil Liberties"
http://www.cato.org/current/civil-liberties/

Center for Constitutional Rights: "What’s So Patriotic About Trampling on the Bill of Rights?"
http://www.ratical.org/ratville/CAH/USAPAanalyze.pdf

Center for Democracy and Technology: "Analysis of the Patriot Act"
http://www.cdt.org/security/usapatriot/analysis.shtml

Center for Democracy and Technology: "Information from Department of Justice on Detainees, Nov. 27, 2001"
http://www.cdt.org/security/011127doj.shtml

Council on American-Islamic Relations (CAIR)
http://www.cair-net.org/

Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE): "FIRE - One Year Later: The Aftermath of September 11"
http://www.thefire.org/index.php/article/67.html

Freedom Forum: "A Matter of Balance: Secrecy Doesn’t Guarantee Security"
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15944

Freedom Forum: "The First Amendment: A Wartime Casualty?"
http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=15746

Free Expression Network: "The USA Patriot Act Six Months Later: A Statement"
http://www.freeexpression.org/patriotstmt.htm

Human Rights First: Statement on Immigration Issues in Counter-Terrorism Legislation
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/media/2001_1996/counter_terrorism_3.htm

Human Rights First: "The Impact on Civil Rights in the United States of the September 11 Attacks"
http://www.humanrightsfirst.org/us_law/after_911/after_911_09.htm

Human Rights Watch: "Aftermath of the Sept. 11 Attacks, Human Rights Implications"
http://www.hrw.org/campaigns/september11/

Human Rights Watch: "Incomplete Access to Sept. 11 Detainees"
http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/02/ins0208.htm

Jewish Council for Public Affairs: "Resolution on Civil Liberties Issues Raised by War on Terrorism"
http://www.jewishpublicaffairs.org/israel/resolutions/terrorism-civil-liberties-2002.htm

Jurist, the Legal Education Network: "Terrorism Law and Policy"
http://jurist.law.pitt.edu/terrorism/terrorism3b.htm

National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers: "Fighting Terrorism/Protecting Liberty"
http://www.nacdl.org/public.nsf/freeform/terrorism1?opendocument

National Coalition Against Censorship: "Free Expression After September 11"
http://www.ncac.org/issues/freeex911.html

People for the American Way: Anti-Terrorism Legislation and Efforts
http://www.pfaw.org/pfaw/general/default.aspx?oid=12353

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: "Homefront Confidential" (PDF)
http://www.rcfp.org/news/documents/Homefront_Confidential.pdf

Reporters Committee for Freedom of the Press: "White House Embarked on Path of Secrecy After September 11, Report Says."
http://www.rcfp.org/news/2002/0315report.html

Women’s Action for New Directions: "Women Take Action for Real Security"
http://www.wand.org/9-11/realsecurity.html

Articles, Media