Posted on 09/09/2002 1:43:28 PM PDT by xsive_guy
Signs of the times
By David Kravets
The Associated Press
The government has imposed many new limits on Americans' legal rights as it fights a war on terror, fundamentally altering the nation's delicate balance between liberty and security.
The changes - including the authority in terror cases to imprison Americans indefinitely, without charges or defense lawyers - substantially expand the government's ability to investigate, arrest, try and detain.
They grant law enforcement easier access to Americans' personal lives while keeping many government operations secret. And the idea that law-abiding citizens can freely associate with other law-abiding citizens without the threat of government surveillance no longer holds.
The Bush administration will not abuse these far-reaching powers, said Viet Dinh, an assistant U.S. attorney general. "I think security exists for liberty to flourish, and liberty cannot exist without order and security."
Still, even supporters are wary.
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Anymore, there is no difference.
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