Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- 1 The Perilous Dichotomy -- Security and freedom within constitutional constraints -- The shift in power among the branches of government -- The War Model Versus Criminal Law -- The Expansion of Executive Authority -- Legislative Failure: The Counterterrorist Spiral -- Limits on the Judiciary -- The political, social, and economic costs of counterterrorist law -- The complexity of rights and security -- 2 Indefinite Detention and Coercive Interrogation -- Controlling violence in northern ireland -- Indefinite Detention -- Habeas Corpus Relief -- The Diplock Courts -- The End of Indefinite Detention -- Coercive Interrogation -- Torture in English Law -- Coercive Interrogation in Northern Ireland -- The Case of Ireland v. United Kingdom -- Aftermath -- Meeting the islamist threat in the united kingdom -- Indefinite Detention Revived -- Torture Revisited -- Control Orders -- The Prevention of Terrorism Act -- Us detention of foreign nationals at guantànamo bay -- Suspending the Geneva Conventions -- The Legal Arguments -- Dissent Overruled -- Habeas Corpus and Judicial Review -- The Cases of Rasul and Hamdi -- The Executive's Response -- Congress and the 2005 Detainee Treatment Act -- The Case of Hamdan v. Rumsfeld -- Congress and the 2006 Military Commissions Act -- International Fallout and Its Effect on US Policy -- Coercive interrogation and torture in the global war on terror -- The Convention Against Torture (CAT) -- Applying the New Standards -- Iraq and the Revision of Interrogation Standards -- Abu Ghraib -- Ghost Detainees, Black Sites, and Extraordinary Rendition -- The World Balks -- Parallel costs -- Domestic Political Power -- Innocent Victims -- The Psychological Effects of Indefinite Detention -- Minority Concerns.

International Repercussions and Foreign Policy Considerations -- 3 Financial Counterterrorism -- Paramilitary funding in northern ireland -- The state's response -- Statutory Measures Before September 11 -- Property Rights and Asset Forfeiture: Laying the Groundwork -- Anti-Drug Trafficking and Counterterrorism: 1985-91 -- Racketeering in Northern Ireland -- Counterterrorism and Anti-Drug Trafficking: 1993-2000 -- The Organized Crime Umbrella -- Expansion of Counterterrorist Finance Law After September 11, 2001 -- The Effects of Expanding Laws -- Antiterrorist finance in the united states -- Measures Before September 11 -- Lists Under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) -- Designated Foreign Terrorist Organizations -- Money Laundering -- Al Qaeda Funding -- Measures After September 11 -- The USA PATRIOT Act: Financial Provisions -- USA PATRIOT Act: Surveillance Provisions -- The International Emergency Economic Powers Act -- The erosion of complex rights -- The Elimination of Intent -- Secret Evidence and Due Process Concerns -- Stigma -- The political and humanitarian costs -- 4 Privacy and Surveillance -- British statutory authority for intelligence gathering -- The Interception of Communications -- Administrative Practice Before 1985 -- The Interception of Communications Act (1985) -- The Security Service Act (1989 and 1996) and the Intelligence Services Act (1994) -- The Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act (2000) -- Electronic Bugs and Encrypted Data -- Data protection -- European Union Norms and Rules -- British Data Retention Law -- Surveillance in public space -- Port and Border Controls -- Closed-Circuit Television -- The american surveillance culture -- Executive Excesses (1945-75) -- Congress Responds: The 1978 Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) -- The usa patriot act and its surveillance provisions.

Alterations to the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act -- Delayed-Notice Search Warrants -- National Security Letters -- Surveillance operations under other auspices -- The Department of Defense -- Attorney General Guidelines and FBI Surveillance -- Citizen Reporting Programs -- Watch Lists -- Us data-mining operations -- British and american oversight compared -- The political, social, legal, and economic consequences -- 5 Terrorist Speech and Free Expression -- Political speech -- Sedition Versus Free Speech in the United States -- Offenses Against the State and Public Order in the United Kingdom -- Treason -- Unlawful Assembly and Public Order -- Sedition -- The Media Ban -- The Glorification of Terrorism -- Knowledge-based speech -- Restrictions on Knowledge-Based Speech in the United States -- Restrictions on Knowledge-Based Speech in the United Kingdom -- The secondary effects of other counterterrorism measures -- Privileged speech -- US Government Employment and Employees' Speech -- The British Civil Service, Spycatcher, and the Official Secrets Act -- Calculating Costs -- 6 Auxiliary Precautions -- Re-empowering the legislature -- Fostering a Culture of Restraint -- Replacing Sunset Provisions with Obligatory Reporting Requirements -- Reinforcing Transparency and Accountability -- Drawing Lines -- Distinguishing Between Criminal Law and Counterterrorism: Financial Counterterrorism as an Example -- Distinguishing Between National Security Threats: Knowledge-based Speech as an Example -- Resisting the Alteration of Judicial Rules and Executive Expansion -- Beyond the dichotomy -- Notes -- 1. The Perilous Dichotomy -- 2. Indefinite Detention and Coercive Interrogation -- 3. Financial Counterterrorism -- 4. Privacy and Surveillance -- 5. Terrorist Speech and Free Expression -- 6. Auxiliary Precautions -- Index.