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Record Nr.

UNINA9910452334603321

Autore

Atkin Michelle Louise

Titolo

Balancing liberty and security [[electronic resource]] : an ethical study of U.S. foreign intelligence surveillance, 2001-2009 / / Michelle Louise Atkin

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Lanham, Md. ; ; Plymouth, England, : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, c2013

ISBN

1-4422-1910-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (157 p.)

Collana

Security and professional intelligence education series

Disciplina

327.1273

Soggetti

Intelligence service - Law and legislation - United States - History

Intelligence service - Moral and ethical aspects - United States - History

National security - Law and legislation - United States

Terrorism - Prevention - Law and legislation - United States

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Abbreviations; I: Information Ethics in the Post-9/11 Period; 1 Information Ethics in the Post-9/11 Period; 2 Philosophical Approaches to Information Ethics; II: Civil Liberties in Insecure Times: Case Studies in Applied Ethics; 3 U.S.A. PATRIOT Act; 4 Warrantless Surveillance; 5 FISA Modernization; III: The Future of Privacy in Post-9/11 America; 6 Privacy Rights and Limits of Government Intrusion; 7 The Future of Privacy in Post-9/11 America; Appendixes; Appendix A: U.S.A. PATRIOT ACT of 2001; Appendix B: The Protect America Act of 2007

Appendix C: U.S.A. PATRIOT Improvement and Reauthorization Act of 2005Appendix D: The FISA Amendments Act of 2008; Appendix E: R. v. Oakes, [1986] 1 S.C.R. 103; Appendix F: Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1 (1968); Bibliography; Index; About the Author

Sommario/riassunto

This book will be of interest to students, researchers, and practitioners in the fields of intelligence studies, law, political science and philosophy. Using the post 9/11 period as its backdrop, it examines questions concerning the limits of government intrusion on protected



Fourth Amendment rights. From the introduction of the U.S.A. PATRIOT Act and amendments to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) to the Terrorist Surveillance Program, the author develops and applies a normative ethical framework based on a legal proportionality test that can be applied to fut