Three different ways the government increased its power after 9/11:
1. Terrorist detentions - Guantanamo Bay
2. Domestic surveillance - PATRIOT act
3. Airport Security - body scanning technology
1. I'm opposed to Guantanamo Bay. The extremity with which the U.S. government deals with terrorist threats, to me, is ridiculous and completely un-American. People are being held under conditions that are expressly prohibited by our constitution. As stated in the article, multiple administrations have detained prisoners at Guantanamo Bay "indefinitely without granting them access to independent judges or any protections of the Geneva Conventions." How can our nation can allow for independent liberties at home, and then deny these same inherent rights to others?
1. Terrorist detentions - Guantanamo Bay
2. Domestic surveillance - PATRIOT act
3. Airport Security - body scanning technology
1. I'm opposed to Guantanamo Bay. The extremity with which the U.S. government deals with terrorist threats, to me, is ridiculous and completely un-American. People are being held under conditions that are expressly prohibited by our constitution. As stated in the article, multiple administrations have detained prisoners at Guantanamo Bay "indefinitely without granting them access to independent judges or any protections of the Geneva Conventions." How can our nation can allow for independent liberties at home, and then deny these same inherent rights to others?
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