How Patriotic is the Patriot Act?: Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism

209 Pages·2004·0.71 MB·English

by  Amitai Etzioni

How Patriotic
is the
Patriot Act?

How Patriotic
is the
Patriot Act?
Freedom Versus Security in the Age of Terrorism
amitai etzioni
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Etzioni,Amitai.
How patriotic is the Patriot Act? :freedom versus security in the age of
terrorism / Amitai Etzioni.
p.cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-415-95047-3 (hardback :alk.paper)
1. United States.Uniting and Strengthening America by Providing Appropriate
Tools Required to Intercept and Obstruct Terrorism (USA PATRIOT ACT)
Act of2001. 2. National security—Law and legislation—United States.
3. Internal security—United States. 4. Terrorism—United States. 5. Civil
rights—UnitedStates. I. Title.
KF4850.E899 2004
345.73’02—dc22
2004009294
ISBN 0-203-99713-1 Master e-book ISBN
For Jonathan Etzioni,the youngest
member of the growing Etzioni family,
born January 25,2004.
“We’re not asking for wholesale repeal ofthe
PATRIOT Act ...we’re saying fix it.”
—
Laura Murphy,head of the ACLU Washington,D.C.office
“...a state ofwar is not a blank check for the President
when it comes totherights ofthe Nation’s citizens.”
—
Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor
Other Books by Amitai Etzioni
From Empire to Community:
A New Approach to International Relations (2004)
The Common Good (2004)
My Brother’s Keeper:
A Memoir and a Message (2003)
The Monochrome Society (2001)
The Limits of Privacy (1999)
The New Golden Rule:
Community and Morality in a Democratic Society (1996)
The Spirit of Community:
The Reinvention ofAmerican Society (1993)
The Moral Dimension:
Toward a New Economics (1988)
Capital Corruption:
The New Attack on American Democracy (1984)
An Immodest Agenda:
Rebuilding America before the Twenty-First Century (1983)
Genetic Fix:
The Next Technological Revolution (1973)
The Active Society:
A Theory ofSocietal and Political Processes (1968)
Political Unification:
A Comparative Study ofLeaders and Forces (1965)
Modern Organizations (1964)
A Comparative Analysis of Complex Organizations (1961)

Table of Contents
Acknowledgments xi
Introduction 1
Chapter 1 How Liberty Is Lost 9
Chapter 2 An Overview of Security Measures 27
Chapter 3 Privacy and Security in Electronic
Communications 43
Chapter 4 Public Health and the Threat
of Bioterrorism 77
Chapter 5 A Case for National ID Cards? 95
Chapter 6 The Limits of Nation Building 129
Notes 151
Index 181
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