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Books and Book Chapters

"Civil Liberties and Terrorism," Chapter 27, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Electronic Surveillance," Chapter 28, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"National ID Systems," Chapter 29, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Countering Terrorism," Chapter 46, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

"Domestic Security," Chapter 47, Cato Handbook for Policymakers, 7th Edition (2009).

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Cato Studies

"Effective Counterterrorism and the Limited Role of Predictive Data Mining," by Jeff Jonas and Jim Harper, Policy Analysis no. 584, December 11, 2006

"Suicide Terrorism and Democracy: What We’ve Learned Since 9/11," by Robert A. Pape, Policy Analysis no. 582, November 1, 2006

"Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism," by Tim Lynch, Briefing Paper no. 98, September 6, 2006

"Reappraising Nuclear Security Strategy," by Rensselaer Lee, Policy Analysis no. 571, June 14, 2006

"Power Surge: The Constitutional Record of George W. Bush," by Gene Healy and Tim Lynch, White Paper , May 1, 2006

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Articles and Newsletters

"Axis of Evil: Threat or Chimera?" by Charles V. Peña, Mediterranean Quarterly vol. 13, no. 3, Summer 2002.

Text of the PATRIOT Act

Opinion and Commentary

"Obama Moves to Protect, Rather Than Fix, Patriot Act," by Nat Hentoff, Metro West Daily News, October 27, 2009

"The Patriot Act: Looking Back to 2001," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 24, 2009

"Have Any Patriot Act Horror Stories Come True?," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 23, 2009

"Obama as Bad as Bush-Cheney," by Nat Hentoff, Courier-Express, October 22, 2009

"The Patriot Act: Does It Actually Work?," by Julian Sanchez, Los Angeles Times, October 21, 2009

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Legal Briefs

Al-Marri v. Spagone, January 29, 2009 (PDF, 0 B)

Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 0 B)

Rumsfeld v. Padilla, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)

Hamdi v. Rumsfeld, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)

Events

"Atomic Obsession: Nuclear Alarmism from Hiroshima to Al Qaeda," October 29, 2009 [Book Forum]

"Pakistan and the Future of U.S. Policy," June 23, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"Fusion Centers: Domestic Spying or Sensible Surveillance?," June 11, 2009 [Policy Forum]

"How Overreaction and Misdirection Play into the Strategy of Terrorism," May 11, 2009 [Capitol Hill Briefing]

"Shaping the Obama Administration’s Counterterrorism Strategy," January 13, 2009 [Conference]

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Speeches and Congressional Testimony

"Assessing Cybersecurity Activities at NIST and DHS," Jim Harper, Congressional Testimony, June 25, 2009.

"Speech by Ivan Eland, Technology, Terrorism, and Government Information," Cato Congressional Speech, June 25, 2002.

"On the Subject of Executive Branch Arrests and Trials," Timothy Lynch, Congressional Testimony, December 4, 2001.