The ACLU exists for the sole purpose of extending the freedoms and rights guaranteed under our Constitution to every individual in this country, including those individuals whose voice would not otherwise be heard.Ravi Baichwal of ABC Channel 7 News had a segment about the state of American security against terrorist attacks in light of the upcoming 10-year anniversary of September 11th. The National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States recently issued a report card showing mediocre to low “scores” rating the country’s preparedness for another attack.
For civil libertarians, the 9/11 Commission’s report card speaks to the fallacy of the tradeoff that many Americans figured had to be made in the days after 9/11: giving up some freedoms for the sake of security.
“We’re going to see even more proposals for more security measures, but we ought to have the confidence as a country to be able to ask hard questions about whether or not these proposals are actually effective,” Ed Yohnka, ACLU, said.
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