BACK TO NRO Tap, Tap, Tap Why the government doesn’t wiretap — much. October 5, 2001 3:45 p.m. ivil libertarians of all political stripes have expressed concern about the expanded surveillance powers — specifically, a broadened authority to listen in on telephone conversations — that will be granted to the government in the new anti-terrorism bill making its way through the House and Senate. While there are certainly reasons to be w ...

PRESIDENT BUSH'S RADIO ADDRESS October 27, 2001 In his weekly radio address, President Bush called on Congress to approve an airline security bill without a proposal that would make all passenger and baggage screeners federal employees. Online Special Report: Terrorist Attacks International Reaction Afghanistan U.S. State Department Office of Counterterrorism Terrorism Research Center International Policy Institute for Counter-Terrorism THE P ...

BACK TO NRO Having Their Day in (a Military) Court How best to prosecute terrorists. By Robert H. Bork, an NR Contributing Editor From the December 17, 2001, issue, of National Review he debate over the president's order creating military tribunals to try suspected terrorists consists largely of warring slogans and overripe rhetoric: "shredding our Constitution," "seizing dictatorial power," etc., on the one hand, and some version of "the ...