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Tuesday, April 12, 2011

Blog Post 4: Civil Liberties and the War on Terror

Select two of the following three questions to reply to. Use readings, class discussion, and audio-visual clips from class and on my website to answer the questions. The responses should be more than a couple of sentences long to get full credit. This is due Friday, April 15, 2011 the last day of the quarter.

1) Does the PATRIOT Act infringe on Americans personal civil liberties? What specific provisions do you have the biggest issue with and why?

2) Should the Guantanamo Bay prison camp be closed by the United State government? Should Guantanamo prisoners be tried in US Federal Courts or Military tribunals?

3) Are enhanced interrogation techniques torture? Should they be kept as a viable option to be used on high-value suspected terrorists?