From The Economist, a look at the difficulty of reconciling traditional freedoms of expression with the new demands of national security. A review of Fair Game: My Life as a Spy, My Betrayal by the White House by Valerie Plame Wilson (and more and more). Charles Fried on the limits of law: Bush, through a combination of bad judgment, bad advice, and bad luck, had made the case for discretion and reasonableness disreputable. An interview with Michael Otterman, author of American Torture: From the Cold War to Abu Ghraib and Beyond. Naming names at Gitmo: Navy Lt. Cmdr. Matthew Diaz put himself in the middle of the prisoner-detention issue — and went to jail for it. A review of Nation of Secrets: The Threat to Democracy and the American Way of Life by Ted Gup; and Top Secret: When Our Government Keeps Us in the Dark by Geoffrey R. Stone. Acting like a usual suspect: There’s an art to behavioral profiling. An interview with Ames Holbrook, author of The Deporter: One Agent's Struggle Against the U.S. Government's Refusal to Expel Criminal Aliens. When it comes to immigration law enforcement, the Constitution is noticeably silent on the rights of noncitizens, legal or not. An article on Bush's legacy on voting rights: A story from Ohio. Citizen participation through influential assemblies such as Citizen Congresses would address three critical failings of the political system.
