Anti-Terrorism Laws are a Global Phenomenon
Information Today, Vol. 23, No. 1, p. 17, January 2006
3 Pages Posted: 26 Jun 2010
Date Written: January 2006
Abstract
The September 11, 2001 attacks, while targeted toward the United States, had a global impact unmeasured by any event in recent history. The attacks resulted in two major armed conflicts with regimes on the other side of the world. The detention of foreign nationals in Guantanamo and in some domestic jails has raised interesting and serious legal questions about the rules of war, immigration policy and the balance between national security and civil rights.
As the 9/11 attacks drove the U.S. to enact the USA PATRIOT Act, the global repercussions of the attacks also drove many other countries around the world to enact similar anti-terrorism acts. Many of those laws are presenting the same questions and controversies about the balance between security and civil liberties as we are facing in the United States.
Keywords: USA PATRIOT Act, civil liberties, national security, civil rights, 9/11, anti-terrorism legislation, criminal investigations, search and seizure, information sharing, Internet, bloggers, free speech
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