Secrecy, Wars and Civil Liberties
As Chris Hedges reported Monday, American Muslims are being dragged into jail on dubious and unclear connections to terrorism Meanwhile, the president retains the authority to kill US citizens without trial But most Americans aren't speaking up Salon blogger and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald discusses whyAmerican Muslims are being dragged into jail on dubious connections to terrorism while the president retains the authority to kill U Glenn Greenwald talks about why.
As Chris Hedges reported Monday, American Muslims are being dragged into jail on dubious and unclear connections to terrorism. Meanwhile, the president retains the authority to kill U.S. citizens without trial. But most Americans aren’t speaking up. Salon blogger and constitutional lawyer Glenn Greenwald discusses why.
Greenwald spoke to an audience in Ottawa, Ontario, last Thursday at an event co-hosted by Prism magazine. Read commentary on the talk by Prism’s publisher, Maher Arar, here. –ARK
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