Civil Libertarian Says the U.S. is Less Safe Since Sept. 11

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Published June 26, 2007 at 8:04 AM PDT

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Have the preventive measures the U.S. has taken to avert a future terrorist attack made this country less safe? We speak with a Georgetown University law professor who says that the U.S. has become mo

Tom Fudge: There has been no significant terrorist attack in the United States since 9/11, 2001. Some people would say that means the preventive security measures the U.S. is taking have been effective. David Cole disagrees. In fact he says, if anything, measures that have curbed civil liberties of citizens and non-citizens, living in our country, have made us less safe.

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David Cole will be speaking tonight at 7 p.m. at the Lyceum Theatre downtown.

Guest

David Cole , professor at Georgetown University Law Center. He also writes for The Nation on legal affairs, and is author of No Equal Justice: Race and Class in the American Criminal Justice System.