Foreign Policy and National Security > Patriot Act and Civil Liberties
Books and Book Chapters
"The PATRIOT Act, Chapter 19, Cato Handbook on Policy, 6th ed. (2005).
"National ID Cards and Military Tribunals," Chapter 13, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).
"USA PATRIOT Act and Domestic Detention Policy," Chapter 12, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress (2003).
"Privatization," Chapter 32, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).
"The Federal Budget," Chapter 23, Cato Handbook for Congress: Policy Recommendations for the 108th Congress, (2003).
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
"Doublespeak and the War on Terrorism," by Timothy Lynch, Briefing Paper no. 98, September 6, 2006
"Power Surge: The Constitutional Record of George W. Bush," by Gene Healy and Timothy Lynch, White Paper , May 1, 2006
"The Security Pretext: An Examination of the Growth of Federal Police Agencies," by Melanie Scarborough, Briefing Paper no. 94, June 29, 2005
"Deployed in the U.S.A.: The Creeping Militarization of the Home Front," by Gene Healy, Policy Analysis no. 503, December 17, 2003
Opinion and Commentary
"The New FISA Compromise: It's Worse than You Think," by Timothy B. Lee, Ars Technica, July 7, 2008
"Habeas Half-Truths," by Robert A. Levy, Reason (Online), July 2, 2008
"Dark Chapter of WWII Clouds Our Own Time," by Robert A. Levy, Rocky Mountain News, May 26, 2008
"Sanford Should Stand Up to Fed Bullying Over REAL IDs," by Jim Harper, Charleston Post-Courier, March 27, 2008
"Limits on Eavesdropping Need to Stay," by Timothy B. Lee and Gene Healy, Orange County Register, February 19, 2008
Legal Briefs
Salim Ahmed Hamdan v. Donald H. Rumsfeld, January 6, 2006 (PDF, 0 B)
Donald H. Rumsfeld v. Jose Padilla and Donna R. Newman, as Next Friend of Jose Padilla, Brief of Amicus Curiae, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)
Yaser Esam Hamdi and Esam Fouad Hamdi, as next friend of Yaser Esam Hamdi, v. Donald Rumsfeld, et al., Brief of Amicus Curiae, June 1, 2004 (PDF, 0 B)
Events
"Freedomnomics: Why the Free Market Works and Other Half-Baked Theories Don't," August 14, 2007 [Book Forum]
"A Tragic Legacy: How a Good vs. Evil Mentality Destroyed the Bush Presidency ," August 7, 2007 [Book Forum]
"In Defense of Our America: The Fight for Civil Liberties in the Age of Terror," June 5, 2007 [Book Forum]
"Are Civil Liberties at Risk in the War on Terror?," May 24, 2007 [Policy Forum]
"Invasion of the Party Snatchers: How the Holy-Rollers and the Neo-Cons Destroyed the GOP," May 10, 2007 [Book Forum]
Speeches and Congressional Testimony
"On the Subject of Executive Branch Arrests and Trials," Timothy Lynch, Congressional Testimony, December 4, 2001.
Multimedia
"Obama's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, July 10, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:27]
"McCain's FISA Flip Flop" featuring Timothy B. Lee, June 13, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:33]
"Intelligence Continues to be Gathered" featuring Timothy B. Lee, February 18, 2008 [Flash Audio, 06:13]
"Congress Punts on FISA Reform (Again)" featuring Timothy B. Lee, February 1, 2008 [Flash Audio, 09:42]
December 11, 2007: Timothy Lynch ponders balancing liberty and security during a war without end where the enemy doesn't play by the traditional laws of war. [Flash Video, 09:54]
