Originally published: 2nd ed. Washington, DC : First Amendment Foundation, c2002

Dempsey's name appears first on the original 2nd edition

Includes bibliographical references (p. 203-231)

Dedication -- Preface to the second edition -- Foreword to the first edition / Carole Goldberg -- Introduction -- Part I : Investigating First Amendment activities : the FBI's recent history -- FBI's investigation of Central American activists, 1981-1985 ; Investigation and attempted deportation of the Los Angeles 8 ; Intelligence investigations from Amnesty International to Earth First! -- Part II : Control vs. discretion : Limits of legal restrictions on the FBI's authority -- Mechanisms for control of the FBI ; Seventy-five years of reform and retrenchment ; Constitutional limits--the role of the judiciary -- Part III : 1996 and 2001 Antiterrorism Acts : curtailing civil liberties in the name of fighting terrorism -- Prologue to the 1996 Antiterrorism Act ; 1996 Antiterrorism Act's central provisions ; Impact of the 1996 act ; Fighting a war against terrorism, at home and abroad ; conclusion -- Appendix -- Law professors' petition

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