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Program NumberS1057
TitleIs the Anti-Terror Bill a Danger to Civil Liberties? Part I
PBS Number2507
Moderator-
HostBuckley, William F. (William Frank), 1925-2008.
Guest(s)1) Toensing, Victoria.  - lawyer with Manatt, Phelps & Phillips in Washington, D.C.; sometime head of the Justice Department's terrorism unit in the Reagan Administration

2) Emerson, Steven.  - print and broadcast journalist specializing in the study of terrorism, executive producer of PBS's Jihad in America

3) Glasser, Ira.  - Executive Director of the American Civil Liberties Union

4) Cole, David.  - Professor of Law at Georgetown University

5) Zogby, James J.  - President of the Arab American Institute, former Executive Director of the american Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee

6) Kinsley, Michael E.  - Senior Editor at The New Republic, co-host of CNN's Crossfire

Taped onAug 10, 1995 (George Washington U Washington DC)
Broadcast DateSept 3, 1995
Duration30 minutes (or hh:mm:ss)
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SummaryThis follow-up discussion is less wild and woolly than some of our recent ones, but sparks still fly--as do provocative ideas. IG: "We are in the beginning of a presidential campaign, and ... what [the candidates] are deathly afraid of [is] they don't want to be in the position of running for President in September of 1996 and have another bomb go off, and have their opponents say, 'Why didn't you do something?' "... WFB: "I simply refuse to acknowledge that the situation is imminent or threatened where people will be deported because they sent a bandage or a banana to an organization which is affiliated with terrorists." IG: "That's what's happening in Los Angeles right now." ... DC: "One of the interesting things about the reaction [to Oklahoma City] is that even when the facts become clear that it's not an immigrant--that it's a domestic threat--the bill that is proposed is directed ... primarily against 'foreign terrorism.' "
Subject Heading(s)Terrorism -- Prevention -- Government policy -- United States.
Civil rights -- United States.
Terrorism -- United States.
Related Document(s)Type(s): Transcript (2 copies), news releases, photo
Type(s): Transcript
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