Roger Pilon Urges an Open Dialogue on Civil Liberties.
In remarks given at the National Press Club, Cato's vice president for constitutional studies, chastises Attorney General Ashcroft for suggesting that critics of the administration are "aiding terrorists." 12/10/01
Robert Levy Provides a Framework for Racial Profiling.
Cato's senior fellow in constitutional studies weighs the civil liberties vs. national security concerns involved in screening our borders and airports for terrorists. 10/02/01
Cashing the "Terrorism" Chit for More Government Surveillance.
Charlotte Twight looks at the bevy of legislation passed in the wake of 9/11 under the guise of "national security." She concludes that most of the measures aren't about terrorism, but about appeasing special interests and growing federal government. 03/08/02.
Protecting Liberty in a Permanent War.
Ted Galen Carpenter cautions against giving the current administration wartime powers that violate our civil liberties. The war on terrorism will be long, he writes, and "we therefore need to ask whether we want to give not only the current president but also his unknown successors in the decades to come the awesome power that President Bush has claimed." 06/21/02
A Study on Fighting Terrorism Within the Framework of Freedom.
In this Policy Analysis, Cato's Project on Criminal Justice director Timothy Lynch says that government needs to accept that attacks like those on 9/11 are inevitable, and that anti-terror legislation does nothing to make us safer; it only erodes our liberty.
"Terrorists, Military Tribunals, and the Constitution."
A Cato Institute policy forum. In this panel discussion, civil liberties and military justice experts debate the practice of military tribunals, and whether they adequately serve both national security and the civil liberties protected by the U.S Constitution.
"Fighting Terrorism, Preserving Civil Liberties."
A Cato Institute policy forum. Congressman Bob Barr, George Washington law professor Jonathan Turley, Competitive Enterprise Institute analyst Soveig Singleton and Natioanl Journal senior writer Stuart Taylor discuss the bevy of civil liberties issues to surface since the onset of the U.S. war against terrorism.