An executive director of the ACLU presents a critical assessment of the compromises that have been made to personal freedom since September 11, 2001, in an account that traces the war on terror, the role of elevated national security, and the rise of fundamentalist politics.
Executive Director of the ACLU Anthony D. Romero and award-winning journalist Dina Temple-Raston present stories of real Americans at the front lines of the fight for civil liberties at a time when our most basic rights are being challenged. From the story of "American Taliban" John Walker Lindh to the battle against the National Security Agency's warrantless spying program, and from a movement in Pennsylvania to force religion into the public...
Anthony D. Romero, executive director of the ACLU, and award-winning journalist Dina Temple-Raston take a critical look at civil liberties in this country at a time when constitutional freedoms are in peril. Using the stories of real Americans on the frontlines of the fight for civil liberties, In Defense of Our America provides a look at the dangerous erosion of the Bill of Rights in the age of terror.