Free Speech TV
Pirate Television: Susan Herman: The Erosion of Civil Liberties
Feb 23, 2012 Episode Archive
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Feb 23, 2012
57:51
News & Politics
Susan Herman, president of the ACLU, discusses the impact on the war on terror on average Americans. Post 9/11 programs such as the Patriot Act and ...
Susan Herman, president of the ACLU, discusses the impact on the war on terror on average Americans. Post 9/11 programs such as the Patriot Act and other surveillance provisions have reversed the balance of power between the government and the people, allowing the government to abuse this power. The government now swims in a ocean of public data to which it has no desire to return back.
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