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The Naked Crowd: Reclaiming Security and Freedom in an Anxious Age
(New York: Random House, 2005).
James B. Rule,
Privacy in Peril: How We Are Sacrificing a Fundamental Right in Exchange for Security and Convenience
(New York: Oxford University Press, 2007).
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Dissent in Dangerous Times
(Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 2005).
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Profiles, Probabilities, and Stereotypes
(Cambridge, MA: Belknap/Harvard, 2003).
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Beyond Fear: Thinking Sensibly About Security in an Uncertain World
(New York: Copernicus, 2003).
Stephen J. Schulhofer,
Rethinking the Patriot Act: Ideas for Reform
(New York: Century Foundation, 2005).
Frederick A. O. Schwarz, Jr. and Aziz Z. Huq,
Unchecked and Unbalanced: Presidential Power in a Time of Terror
(New York: New Press, 2007).
Barry Siegel,
Claim of Privilege
(New York: HarperCollins, 2008).
Daniel J. Solove,
The Digital Person
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Jessica Stern,
Terror in the Name of God
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Perilous Times: Free Speech in Wartime from the Sedition Act of 1798 to the War on Terrorism
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Ibrahim Warde,
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(Berkeley: University of California Press, 2007).
Alan Westin,
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Benjamin Wittes, ed.,
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Photo Credits

Sami al-Hussayen: Courtesy of David Nevin
Lavoni T. Kidd: Source, University of Idaho
Roya Rahmani, Courtesy of Roya Rahmani
Erich Scherfen, Courtesy of Rubina Tareen
Nick George, Courtesy of Nick George
Brandon Mayfield, Greg Wahl-Stephens/Getty Images News/Getty Images
George Christian, Photo by Katherine Bade
Library Connection Four, Angel Franco/The New York Times/Redux
Nick Merrill, Photo by Don Morris

Index
Abdulmutallab, Omar, 67, 79, 191
Abu Ghraib, 172
Accountability Now, 176
ACLU.
See
American Civil Liberties Union
Adams, Jan, 71
Adams, John, 215
Addington, David, 170, 172
Advance imaging, 78
Afghanistan, 166, 173, 177, 179, 194, 204, 205
African National Congress (ANC), 43, 69
“Agent of a foreign power,” 112–113
Aiken, Ann (Judge), 109, 114–116, 118–120, 185, 208
Airoldi, Joan, 146–147
Airports, 18, 33, 66, 69, 78
Al Qaeda, 5, 10, 11, 24, 27, 43, 51, 52, 54, 60, 61, 63, 171, 173, 175, 181, 199, 201, 215
ALA.
See
American Library Association
Al-Barakaat, 59–60
Albaraqi, Muwafa, 126–127
Albaroudi, Homam, 125–126, 127
Al-Buthi, Soliman, 181
Algabri, Hossam, 86–87, 89–90, 102, 211
Al-Haramain Islamic Foundation, 180–183, 183, 205
Al-Hussayen, Sami Omar, 23–38, 42, 45, 54, 100, 107
Ali, Muhammad (Cassius Clay), 33
Alien and Sedition Act, 213, 214–215, 217
Alien Enemies Act, 215
Al-Kidd, Abdullah (Lavoni Kidd), 33–38, 45, 107, 205, 211, 215
Alsup, William (Judge), 72–73, 208
Amazon.com, 88, 161
American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), 3, 17, 18, 48, 61, 68, 70, 76, 105, 117, 139, 150, 162, 212
litigation, 36, 56, 73, 93, 128, 140, 143, 145, 147, 152, 155–159, 177–178, 214
American Express, 89, 92
American Library Association (ALA), 121, 146
American Revolution, 109, 209
American Travelers Dignity Act, 80
American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee, 126
Amnesty International, 165, 178
Amnesty International USA v. McConnell; v. Clapper
, 178
ANC.
See
African National Congress
Antiterrorism and Effective Death Penalty Act, 28, 196
Antiwar Activists, 9, 71, 122, 216
Arab-Americans, 197
Arabic language, 3, 33, 58, 77–78
Arar, Maher, 204
Arbitrariness, 70, 101, 102, 110, 120, 158, 159
Arendt, Hannah, 101
Article II.
See
United States Constitution
Article III.
See
United States Constitution
Arulanantham, Ahilan, 49
Ashcroft, Janet, 171
Ashcroft, John (Attorney General, U.S.), 26, 36, 106, 116, 123, 128, 133, 137, 155, 168, 169, 170–172, 194, 205, 206
Ashcroft v. al-Kidd,
205
Ashcroft v. Iqbal,
205
AT&T, 167, 176, 179
Authorization for Use of Military Force, 171
Automatic Selectee, 66–67, 72, 74
Awadallah, Osama, 35
Bacevich, Andrews, 16
Backscatter technology, 78
Bailey, Barbara, 136, 139–140, 142
Balkin, Jack, 102
Bamford, James, 175, 178
Banks, 12, 86–88, 131
Beeson, Ann, 105, 117–118, 156, 177
Belew, Wendell, 181
Bellahouel, Mohamed Kamel, 199–200
BellSouth, 176
Benevolence International Foundation (BIF), 54, 59
Bentham, Jeremy, 99
Bernabei, Lynne, 56, 181
Bicentennial celebration, 216
Bierfeldt, Steven, Campaign for Liberty, 18, 78
BIF.
See
Benevolence International Foundation
Big Brother, 101, 152, 155
Bill of Rights Defense Committee, 213
Bin Laden, Osama (Usama), 5, 28, 38, 94, 123, 137, 146, 147
Bipartisan consensus, 111, 162, 196, 216
Blacklists, 10, 18, 27, 86, 92, 179, 190, 201
foreign terrorist organizations, 39–50
no fly list, 67–85
Muslim charities, 51–65
Blockade approach, 52, 53, 60, 94
Blocking Faith, Freezing Charity
, 61
Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan, 94
Bodyscanners, 17, 78–81, 85, 190
Boumediene v. Bush
, 203
Braiker, Brian, 94
Brandeis, Louis (Justice), 85
Brandenburg v. Ohio,
28
Brandt, Liz, 23, 26, 32
Brennan Center for Justice, 48
Brennan, William (Justice), 120
Brey-Casiano, Carol, 147
Breyer, Stephen (Justice), 47
Bridge Refugee Services, 126–130, 134
Burger, Warren E. (Chief Justice), 112
Bush, George W. (President, U.S.), 3, 4–9, 11, 14, 19, 38, 51–52, 55, 59, 64, 90, 91, 97, 101, 123, 165, 166, 169, 172–173, 180, 183, 191, 193–196, 198, 201, 205, 212
Bush, George H.W. (President, U.S.), 180
Bush/Cheney Administration (Bush Administration), 4, 6, 7, 8, 16, 18, 24, 36, 46, 51, 71, 96, 167–168, 172, 177–179, 181–182, 189–208, 215
“Bush Lite,” 192
Bush’s Law
, 60
Businesses and the Patriot Act, 19, 86–102, 125, 133, 134–135, 154, 167, 195
Bybee, Jay, 169, 170
Calyx Internet Access Corporation, 151, 159
Calyx (not for profit organization), 164
Campaign for Liberty, 18, 78
Canada, 134
Card, Andrew, 170, 171
Carr, James (Judge), 57
Carter, Jimmy (President, U.S.), 39, 48, 50, 178
Cato Institute, 18, 212
Cauley, Leslie, 167
Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR), 45, 212
CFC.
See
Combined Federal Campaign
Charities, 6, 10, 12, 19, 24, 51–65, 86, 87, 91–94, 100, 125–127, 181, 195, 197, 201
Chase, Peter, 139, 142–143
Chaskalson, Arthur, Constitutional Court of South Africa, 210
Chechnyan rebels, 27
Checks and balances, 6, 8, 14, 20, 139, 168, 189–202, 208, 211
Chemerinsky, Erwin, 206
Cheney, Richard (Vice President, U.S.), 5, 6, 170, 172, 173, 193
Cheney, Mary, 192
Chilling speech, 123, 127, 129
ChoicePoint, 97
Christian, George, 16, 136–149, 151, 152, 159, 211
Christian Peacemaker Teams, 48
Christian Science Monitor,
200
Christensen, Dan, 200
Christmas bombing 2009, 67, 80
Churches, 13, 33, 121
Church, Frank (Senator, U.S.), 111, 216
Church Committee, 111, 120, 183–184, 216–217
Church World Services, 126
Civil War, U.S., 13, 214
Clay, Cassius (Muhammad Ali), 33
Clements, French, 89
Clinton, Bill (President, U.S.), 28, 41, 51, 57, 72, 141, 156, 196, 215
Clinton, Hillary (Secretary of State, U.S.), 9, 191, 208
CNN, 28, 173
Cold War, 96, 105, 111, 123
Cole, David, 18, 48, 56
Colgan Airlines, 69–70
Combined Federal Campaign (CFC), 93
Comcast, 161
Comey, James, 170–171
Committee for Human Rights, 40
Computers, information on, 96, 98, 106, 115, 122, 123, 128, 132, 136–139, 147, 153, 155, 160
Confidential data, 99, 115, 125, 127, 134, 179, 183, 198, 201
Congress, U.S.,
passim
responses to President’s Surveillance Program, 172–173, 195
Congressional Research Service, 61, 73, 171
Constitutional democracy, 4, 14, 198, 207
Consumer Privacy Laws, 137
Conyers, Jr., John (Representative, U.S.), 185, 201
Council on American-Islamic Relations, 126
Council on Foreign Relations, 47
Courts of Appeal, U.S.,
D.C. Circuit, 129, 202–203
Eleventh Circuit, 200
Ninth Circuit, 36, 41, 45–46, 115, 116, 204, 206
Second Circuit, 35, 37, 83, 141, 143–144, 145, 156, 158, 160, 176, 179, 203–204, 208

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