Protecting what matters : technology, security, and liberty since 9/11 / Clayton Northouse, editor.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Northouse, Clayton.

Computer Ethics Institute.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Liberty.

Civil rights--United States.

Civil rights.

United States.

National security--United States.

National security.

Electronic surveillance--United States.

Electronic surveillance.

Information technology--United States.

Information technology.

Terrorism--United States--Prevention.

Terrorism.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001--Influence.

September 11 Terrorist Attacks, 2001.

Physical Description:

xi, 216 pages ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : Computer Ethics Institute : Brookings Institution Press, [2006]

Summary:

Can we safeguard our nation's security without weakening cherished liberties? And how does technology affect the potential conflict between these fundamental goals? These questions acquired renewed urgency in the wake of the 9/11 attacks. They also spurred heated debates over such controversial measures as Total Information Awareness and the USA PATRIOT Act. In this volume, leading figures from the worlds of government, public policy, and business analyze the critical issues underlying these debates. The first set of essays examines the relationship between liberty and security and explores where the public stands on how best to balance the two. In the second section, the authors focus on information technology's role in combating terrorism, as well as tools, policies, and procedures that can strengthen both security and liberty at the same time. Finally, the third part of the book takes on a series of key legal issues concerning the restrictions that should be placed on the government's power to exploit these powerful new technologies. Contributors include Zok Baird (Markle Foundation), James Barksdale (Barksdale Group), Bruce Berkowitz (Hoover Institution), Jerry Berman (Center for Democracy and Technology), Beryl A. Howell (Stroz Friedberg), Jon Kyl (U.S. Senate), Gilman Louie (In-Q-Tel), David Luban (Georgetown University), Richard A. Posner (U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit), Marc Rotenberg (Electronic Privacy Information Center), James Steinberg (Brookings), Larry Thompson (Brookings), Gayle von Eckartsberg (In-Q-Tel), and Alan F. Westin (Columbia University).

Contents:

Providing security and protecting liberty / Clayton Northouse

How the public sees the security-versus-liberty debate / Alan F. Westin

Information technology and the new security challenges / James Steinberg

Building a trusted information-sharing environment / Zoë Baird and James Barksdale

Security and liberty: how technology can bridge the divide / Gilman Louie and Gayle von Eckartsberg

Policies and procedures for protecting security and liberty / Bruce Berkowitz

Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act: facing the challenge of new technologies / Larry Thompson

Security, privacy, and government access to commercial data / Jerry Berman

Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act: has the solution become a problem? / Beryl A. Howell

Why you should like the Patriot Act / Jon Kyl

Why I oppose the Patriot Act / Russ Feingold.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 189-199) and index.

ISBN:

0815761260

0815761252

OCLC:

63171114

Publisher Number:

9780815761266

9780815761259