Taking Liberties: The War on Terror and the Erosion of American Democracy (53 page)

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Sixth Circuit, 178, 202–204, 208
Third Circuit, 202–203
Cowan, Alison Leigh, 143
Credit reports, 89, 91–92, 137
D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals.
See
Courts of Appeal, U.S.
Daily Kos, 161
Daniels, Chris, 80
The Dark Side,
172
Daschle, Tom (Senator, U.S.), 170
Data banks, 86, 155
Databases, 58, 96, 123, 128, 155, 162, 167, 175
Data collection, 86–102, 155
Data mining, 87, 95, 98–99, 162, 177, 178
Dataveillance, 88, 98, 101
Decider, 193
Democracy and Distrust
, 198
Democracy Now
, 151
Democrats, 7, 17, 196
Department of Commerce, U.S., 97
Department of Homeland Security, U.S., 63, 67, 70, 73–74, 77–78
Department of Justice, U.S., 7–8, 36, 51, 72, 97, 116, 117, 133, 135, 141, 143, 146, 152, 155, 157, 160, 162–163, 167–169, 172, 174–175, 180, 183, 192, 195, 206
Deportation, 25–26, 31, 55, 62, 201–202, 203, 208, 215
Detroit Free Press
, 201, 203
DeWitt, General, 207
DHS TRIP program, 70, 73–75, 92
Diamond, Larry, 177
Dinh, Viet (Assistant Attorney General, U.S.), 148
Dirty Bomber, 35
Discriminatory application of laws, 38, 70, 110, 158–159, 191, 198
Doe, John, 16, 127, 139, 141–144, 148–149, 150–151, 155–156, 159–161, 163–164, 184, 199, 201, 211, 212, 214
Doe v. Ashcroft
, 150, 156, 158
Doe v. Gonzales
, 140, 150
Doe v. Holder
, 150
Doe v. Mukasey
, 150
Dorsen, Norman, 207
Douglas, William O. (Justice), 72, 121, 209
Dragnets, 9–10, 18, 26, 37
“Driving While Black,” 81
Dublin, 75, 76
Due Process, 6, 18, 32, 37, 41, 42, 45, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 57, 60, 64, 65, 68, 69, 76, 82, 92, 93, 113, 190, 203, 217
Due Process Clause.
See
United States Constitution
Dulles, Allen, 33
Durbin, Richard (Senator, U.S.), 201
“Eagle Eyes,” program, 86, 90
East German Stasi, 64, 90
Eavesdropping programs, 8, 15, 19, 172
EBay, 161
ECPA.
See
Electronic Communications Privacy Act
Edmunds, Nancy (Judge), 201
EFF.
See
Electronic Frontier Foundation
“Electronic communication services,” 148
“Electronic communication transactional records,” 147, 153
Electronic Communications Privacy Act (ECPA), 132, 153
Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), 147, 179–180
Electronic Privacy Information Center
(EPIC), 80
“Electronic records,” 137
Electronic surveillance, 120, 181
Ely, John Hart, 198
E-mail, 122, 138, 146, 152, 155, 160–161, 163, 165, 166, 173, 177, 178, 197
Emergency powers legislation, 51, 58, 216
Eminent Jurists Panel, 210
EPIC.
See
Electronic Privacy Information Center
Equal protection, 32, 71, 77, 82, 217
Equal Protection Clause.
See
United States Constitution
Equality, 6, 12, 18
European Union, 42, 134
Executive branch, 8, 15, 35, 47, 110, 114, 116, 120, 128, 151, 158, 162, 165–186, 189–208, 211
Executive Orders, 7, 24, 52, 54, 60, 65, 91, 136, 194
Exigent letters, 163
Expectation of privacy, 131, 159
“Expert advice or assistance,” 27, 29, 45
Extraordinary rendition, 8, 204, 205, 206, 212
FAA.
See
FISA Amendments Act
Facebook, 87, 99, 154, 161
Fair, Accurate, Secure, and Timely (FAST) Redress Act, 77
FBI, 3, 9, 10, 24, 25, 26, 34, 36, 40, 48, 55, 58, 61, 62, 68, 71, 72, 75, 76, 85, 97, 105, 106, 107, 108, 111, 113, 115, 122, 123, 125, 126, 127–128, 130, 133, 134, 136, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 146, 147, 148, 149, 152, 153, 154, 155, 157, 158, 159, 160, 162, 163, 164, 170, 171, 175, 181, 191, 195, 199, 213
Fear, impact on civil liberties, 31, 39, 48, 54, 61–62, 78, 100, 121, 123, 127–128, 130, 142, 152, 165, 191
manipulation for political reasons, 4–6, 11, 13, 18, 30, 65, 81, 194, 197, 203, 217, 218
of persecution, 40, 44
Federalism, 20, 212–213
Federalist Papers, 209
Fein, Bruce, 17
Feingold, Russell (Senator, U.S.), 6, 17, 124, 125
Fertig, Ralph, 44–47, 50
Fifth Amendment.
See
United States Constitution
Financial institutions, 19, 86–93, 95, 96, 122, 131–132, 153–154
“Financial records,” 132, 137, 153
Fine, Glenn (Inspector General, U.S.), 133, 162, 163, 195
First Amendment.
See
United States Constitution
First Data Corporation, 89
FISA.
See
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act
FISA Amendments Act (FAA), 166, 173, 185, 196, 208
constitutionality of, 173, 176, 178–179, 184–186
FISA Court, 184, 185, 193
Five Pillars of Islam, 55
Flash cards, 3, 77
Fleet Bank, 86, 89, 102
Flying While Muslim, 77
Ford, Gerald (President, U.S.), 216
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA), 5, 19, 106, 109, 111–120, 122, 124, 154, 155, 162, 165–166, 169, 170, 171, 173, 174–175, 176, 177, 182, 193, 196, 203, 204, 208
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court (FISA Court), 106, 109, 112–119, 122, 135, 155, 166, 171–173, 176, 184–185, 193, 203
Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court of Review (FISA Court of Review), 117, 184–185, 193, 203
Foreign policy, 41
Forfeiture, 52, 53, 64
Foucault, Michel, 99
Fourth Amendment.
See
United States Constitution
Framers, 13, 32, 109–111, 120, 121, 132, 163, 168, 209
Franklin, Benjamin, 13, 121, 132, 144, 180, 208
Freedom of Information Act, 68, 71, 92, 128, 152, 170, 171, 185, 194, 202
Freedom of the Press.
See
United States Constitution, First Amendment
Freedom of Religion.
See
United States Constitution, First Amendment
Freedom to Read Protection Act, 124
Fusion Centers, 214
Gag orders, 16, 126, 129–130, 136–149, 151, 152, 156–159, 160, 164, 199, 200, 208
Gang of Eight, 169
Gaza, 16, 55
Gelernt, Lee, 36
Gellman, Barton, 86, 144, 152, 153, 162, 211
George, Nick, 77
German, Michael, 162
Ghafoor, Asim, 181
Ginsburg, Ruth Bader (Justice), 144, 145
Global Relief Foundation, 54, 56, 59, 201
Goldsmith, Jack, 169–172, 192–193
Gonzales, Alberto (Attorney General), 129, 133, 137, 138, 161–162, 169–171
Goodman, Amy, 151
Goodman, Melissa, 177, 178, 184, 185
Google, 87, 154, 161
Gordon, Rebecca, 71
Gore, Albert (Vice President, U.S.), 67
Governmental immunity, 15, 167
Green, Michelle, 73
Greenpeace, 177
Greenwald, Glenn, 196
Guantánamo Bay, 3, 205
Habeas Corpus, 199, 200, 214
Habib, Adam, 190
Haddad, Rabih, 201–202
Hall, Janet (Judge), 141, 208
Hamas, 10, 27, 29, 48, 51, 55–56, 58–59
Hamdan v. Rumsfeld
, 203
Hamdi v. Rumsfeld
, 53, 203
Hampshire College, 151
Harris Direct, 89
Hartford Federal Court Building, 140
Hay, Alexandra, 73
Healy, Timothy, Terrorist Screening Center, 68
Hepting, Tash, 179
Hicks, Michael (“Mikey”), 67, 74
Hijackers, 5, 12, 81, 95, 197, 199
Hirabayashi, Gordon, 216
Hitchens, Christopher, 177
Hoffman, Bruce, 81
Holder, Eric (Attorney General, U.S.), 8, 10, 182, 183, 205
Holder v. Humanitarian Law Project
, 15, 45, 205
Hollander, Nancy, 177, 178, 185
Holy Land Foundation (HLF), 54–56, 58–61
Holzer, Jenny, 165
Home, 51
Hoover, J. Edgar, 111
Hospitals, 10, 49, 87, 99, 133
House banking subcommittee, 167
House Judiciary Committee, 148, 162
Huckabee, Mike (Governor), 79
Human Rights First, 212
Human Rights Watch, 48, 212
Humanitarian Law Project, 44–49, 93, 203
Humanitarianism, 4, 28, 29, 39–50, 56
Huq, Aziz, 216
Hussein, Saddam, 92, 126
Ibrahim, Rahinah, 72, 81
Idaho, 4, 9, 19, 23, 25, 26, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 111, 179, 212
IEEPA.
See
International Emergency Economic Powers Act
Immigration fraud, 25, 27, 30, 206
Immunity, 7, 15, 18, 167, 176, 180, 185, 214
Individualized suspicion, 110–111, 134, 152, 154, 164, 173
Inspector General reports, 68, 106, 107, 158, 175, 196, 206
Intellectual Freedom Committee for the Connecticut Library Association, 142, 143
Intelligence authorization bill of 2010, 7
Intelligence Committees, 169, 175
International Commission of Jurists, 210
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, 63
International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA), 51, 53, 55
International Red Cross, 49, 59
Internet Archive, 16, 147–148, 160
Internet providers, 133, 151
Internet service providers (ISPs), 16, 19, 132, 139, 148, 152–155, 159, 161, 211
“Internet subscriber information,” 137
Internment of Japanese-Americans, 11, 84, 207, 214–217
Interpal, 58
Interrogation methods, 4, 7, 26, 67, 71, 76, 78, 194, 213
Iqbal, Javaid, 206
IRA.
See
Irish Republican Army
Iran, 10, 19, 39–44, 51
Iraq, 126, 174, 179, 194
Irish Republican Army (IRA), 43
Islamic Assembly of North America, 23
Islamic charities, 24
ISPs.
See
Internet service providers
Israel, 27, 210
Jackson, Robert (Justice), 11, 110, 207
Jaffer, Jameel, 147, 177, 178, 184
Japanese-Americans, 11, 84, 207, 215
Jefferson, Thomas, 121, 215
Jehovah’s Witnesses, 208
Jeppesen Dataplan, 205, 212
Jewel v. NSA
, 179
Judicial review, 5, 111, 112, 114, 140, 155, 158–160, 203
Judiciary committees, 67, 73, 135, 148, 149, 155, 162, 170, 173, 183, 195
Jury Duty, 23

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