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Barbara Olshansky recently read from her new book "Democracy Detained: Secret Unconstitutional Practices in the U.S. War on Terror" at the Robert Crown Law Library. The Stanford Daily reports:
Olshanksy expressed opposition to politicians “who seek unchecked power to pursue their global ‘War on Terror’ and who express a chilling disregard for human rights and the rule of law in that pursuit.”
She said that the Bush administration is undermining its own moral credibility, making “the U.S. less safe by committing humanitarian and human rights violations in the name of national security.”
Citing the example of terrorist accomplice Jose Padilla, an American citizen who was imprisoned for more than three years without hearing or trial, Olshanksy warned of the imminent loss of Americans’ civil liberties.
“The government’s unprecedented action poses a grave threat to the constitutional rights of all American citizens,” Olshansky said.