Does the war on terror threaten Americans civil liberties?
Whithout a doubt, the war on terrorism affects the freedoms of the American people. The problem we have here is that we were told after 911 that the terrorists attacked us because they hate our freedoms. Well, then one can gather by the restrictions on our freedoms that the terrorists have won. I could only talk about airport security in order to validate this point, but we can do better than that. Airport security has become such a burdensome beast that many find that it is not even worth going through the ordeal. Americans have been limited as to what items they can even bring on a plane. The ridiculous notion that travelers cannot even bring nail clippers on to an airplane is beyond ludicrous. Then they went so far as to not let mothers bring bottles on for their children. People are pulled out of the security checkpoint and searched. It does not matter if they are a ninety year old grandmother, or a five year old boy. adparams.getadspec(‘c_billboard1’); We have a much more serious