THE PERILS OF HOMELAND SECURITY

Uncle Sam Over My Shoulder

By JUDITH GRANT

The passage of the USA Patriot Act -- designed to make it easier for law-enforcement officials to track suspected terrorists and sure to increase the government's surveillance of innocent Americans' phone calls, online research, and e-mail messages -- has made me rethink the way I teach my political-science students about resisting authoritarian...

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