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1、CHAPTER24Terror,JusticeandFreedomAl-Qaidaspent$500,000ontheevent,whileAmerica,intheincidentanditsaftermath,lostaccordingtothelowestestimatemorethan$500billion.OsamabinLadenExperienceshouldteachustobemostonourguardtoprotectlibertywhenthegovernmentspurposesarebeneficient...Thegreatestdan
2、gerstolibertylurkininsidiousencroachmentbymenofzeal,wellmeaningbutwithoutunderstanding.SupremeCourtJusticeLouisBrandeisTheythatcangiveupessentiallibertytoobtainalittletemporarysafetydeserveneitherlibertynorsafety.BenjaminFranklin24.1IntroductionTheattacksofSeptember11,2001,onNewYorkan
3、dWashingtonhavehadahugeimpactontheworldofsecurityengineering,andthisimpacthasbeendeepenedbythelaterattacksonMadrid,Londonandelsewhere.AseveryonehassurelyrealisedbynowandasthequotefromOsamabinLadenbluntlyspellsoutmodernterrorismworkslargelybyprovokingoverreaction.Therearemanythornyissu
4、es.First,theresthepoliticalquestion:areWesternsocietiesuniquelyvulnerablebecausewereopensocietieswithdemocracyandafreepress,whoseinteractionfacilitatesfearmongeringandifsowhat(ifanything)shouldwedoaboutit?TheattackschallengedourcorevaluesexpressedintheUSAastheConstitution,andinEuropea
5、stheCon-ventiononHumanRights.Ourcommonheritageofdemocracyandtheruleoflaw,builtslowlyandpainfullysincetheeighteenthcentury,mighthave769770Chapter24■Terror,JusticeandFreedombeenthoughtwellentrenched,especiallyafterwedefendeditsuccessfullyintheColdWar.Yettheaftermathof9/11sawonegovernmen
6、tafteranotherintroducingauthoritarianmeasuresrangingfromfingerprintingatairportsthroughIDcardsandlarge-scalesurveillancetodetentionwithouttrialandeventorture.Scantheedhasbeengiventowhetherthesemeasureswouldactuallybeeffective:wesawinChapter15thattheUS-VISITfingerprintingprogramdidntwork
7、,andthatgiventhefalsealarmrateoftheunderlyingtechnologyitcouldneverreasonablyhavebeenexpectedtowork.Wevenotmerelycompromisedourprinciples;wevewastedbillionsonbadengineering,anddamagedwholeindustries.Cantwefindbetterwaystodefendfreedom?Second,therestheeconomicquestion:whyaresuchvastamou
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