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.
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.