The 9/11 Terror Attack

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This paper explains that a basic principle of government, even in democracies, is that, when a country faces great danger, such as the 9/11 terror attacks, it may be necessary to curb some personal liberties to ensure the safety of the country. The author points out that, after September 11, the country was suddenly and unexpectedly at war, but the laws protecting our personal rights, which were made stronger after excesses during the Viet Nam war, tied the hands of those charged with finding out where the threats lay and how to best protect us. The paper relates that, to put the country's laws more on a war footing, Congress passed the USA PATRIOT Act, which gives the government greater latitude to look at communication from suspected terrorists, to ferret out money laundering, to detain and expel suspected terrorists, to tighten the borders to keep terrorists out, and to allows agencies to work more efficiently when attempting to stop both domestic and international terrorists.

Table of Contents
Introduction
Two Views of History
Our Response
Current Problems
Conclusion

From the Paper:

"Although we have been aware for some time that terrorists attacked on soil foreign to them, having seen it occur in Japan, Canada, Great Britain, France and countries in Africa in recent history, concerns for our internal safety ratcheted up several times, including the first attack on the World trade Center in 1993, the bombing of the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1997, and of course, the destruction of the World Trade Towers, the damage done to the Pentagon, and the crash of a plane heading for a second government target in 2001. The marked coordination of the September 11 attacks was clearly an act of war."

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