Protecting What Matters: Technology, Security, and Liberty since 9/11

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Can the U.S. safeguard their nations 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. Here, leading figures from the worlds of government, public policy, and business analyze the critical issues underlying these debates.

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"Protecting What Matters gives readers an expert view of the tensions among security, liberty, and security in this post 9/11 world. Alternatively commending, condemning, and suggesting alternatives to current U.S. anti-terrorism policies and technology, the authors lay out the intricacies of the relationship among IT, freedom, security, ethics, and the law, in the context of fighting a new and unfamiliar enemy." Natalie Kochmar, Privacy and American Business

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Clayton Northouse is an information policy analyst at OMB Watch and former program manager of the Computer Ethics Institute. Ramon Barquin is president of the Computer Ethics Institute and Barquin International. Jane Fishkin is chief information officer emerita at the Brookings Institution.