NEW on NOW: Civil rights groups and some lawmakers were outraged when President Bush admitted authorizing eavesdropping without court approval on American citizens suspected of having links to terrorist organizations. Was the move necessary to protect Americans? Find out more about the domestic spying controversy that has some calling for a Congressional investigation. And see who's who in the intelligence game after 9/11. Plus, celebrate Sunshine Week with journalists and citizens around the nation.
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Debate Balancing Civil Liberties and National Security
Facts and Figures What You Know Thanks to the Freedom of Information Act, Take a Freedom of Speech Quiz
Resource Maps State Freedom of Information Laws, Find Your Attorney General
Features and More Patriot Act II, Freedom of Speech on Campus, The Case of the Toxic Releases Inventory
PRISONER RIGHTS: The Supreme Court on prisoner's rights at Guantanamo. Read the memos detailing America's policy. Plus, former Abu Ghraib prisoner Haj Ali's story. Lawyer Scott Horton talks about the explosive memos broken by NEWSWEEK (read the memos, too). Ron Daniels about the fallout from a Pentagon report.
FACTS AND FIGURES: Find out what you know because of the Freedom of Information Act. An Eventful History: View a timeline of American civil liberties during wartime. Remember the Red Scare? Can you burn the flag? Test your Freedom of Speech knowledge.
VOICES: FBI whistleblower Coleen Rowley on the recommendations of the 9/11 Commission. David Brancaccio talked with the Center for Constitutional Rights' Also, Bill Moyers talked with the AP's Ron Curley, who recently called for greater openness in government.