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EDITORIAL:
Liberty and Security Must Go Together HTML
- PDF While there is no desire to undermine the need for extra vigilance and security measures in an effort to save this country from further terrorist attacks, discarding democracy and adopting an Orwellian path cannot be of any help in our mission. It is simply unwarranted and, hence, a misdirected method. For every American, security is incomplete without freedom. As Georgetown Law professor David Cole has very eloquently stated, “Freedom and security need not be traded off against each other. Maintaining our freedoms is itself critical to maintaining our security.” Our security demands that we ensure both liberty and security. Click
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The Arrogance of Power
Written by J. William Fulbright,
New York:
Random House,
1966, xv, 264 pp.
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Civil Liberties and Uncivil Super-Patriotism:
The Struggle between the Two Americas
While terrorism has been a global reality, with which the rest of the world more or less is all too familiar with, United States has been quite successful as well as fortunate in keeping terrorism off its shore. While its streets might have plenty of crime and violence, news of terrorism was primarily heard in the context of other continents, including major countries of Europe, such as United Kingdom, Germany, Spain and so on. We in America have enjoyed a prolonged period of domestic security, save for its thugs, gangs and criminals.
9/11 was a watershed event, robbing the country of its sacred sense of domestic security. Thus, the reaction of those in charge of policing and security is quite understandable. However, we all know that extremism in any such respect does not yield any positive result.
Written by Mohammad Omar Farooq, Ph.D.
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