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Article: Intelligence, terrorism, and civil liberties
- Article from:
- Human Rights
- Article date:
- January 1, 2002
- Author:
CopyrightCopyright American Bar Association Winter 2002. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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History has repeatedly demonstrated the dangers of allowing governments to secretly collect intelligence on their own people. When government authority extends beyond law enforcement-investigating criminal activity-it has inevitably been followed by abuses. A key lesson learned from the domestic intelligence abuses before the mid-1 970s was the necessity for a wall between law enforcement and intelligence in order to protect civil liberties. Careful lines were drawn between law enforcement activities and the previously unchecked secret intelligence agencies to meet the demands of both national security interests and civil liberties.
Terrorist crimes, however, do not fit neatly into the ...
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